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We don't have clear, culturally relative definitions (nor would we want any) of "intelligence", "empathy", or what is "cultured" other than those that the most

We don't have clear, culturally relative definitions (nor would we want any) of "intelligence", "empathy", or what is "cultured" other than those that the most psychopathically inclined conquerors of civilizations past brought us, however the display of those characteristics seems to be the most valuable social signifier today, and the people behind Pixar (one them was Steve Jobs, a known psychopath) have been the most ruthless accumulators of this level of trust regardless of their individual intentions.

JabavuAdams 11y ago
I'm not referring to Steve Jobs, I'm referring to the Pixar "Brain Trust": http://www.fastcompany.com/3027135/lessons-learned/inside-the-pixar-braintrust http://www.fastcompany.com/3027135/lessons-learned/inside-th... Fundamentally, these people are artists.
- olewhalehunter 11y ago
  Fundamentally their films are there to make money in a global economy and to ensure the artists stay hired there. And their art is shit, repetitive, and horrifically ethnocentric, they draw all their eyes the same, big, colorful, inviting, with nice clear whites; their bodies are soft, squeezable, like big babies, with fuzzy or gleaming hair, to exploit humanistic reactions.
  - JabavuAdams 11y ago
    Is there anything you're trying to accomplish? I love myself a good rant, and most of us love to be righteous ... but ... What's the state of the world that you want? Does being this angry help you get it there?
    - olewhalehunter 11y ago
      I'm automating distributed dialectics software and it appears to be working.
  - PhasmaFelis 11y ago
    > they draw all their eyes the same, big, colorful, inviting, with nice clear whites; their bodies are soft, squeezable, like big babies, with fuzzy or gleaming hair, to exploit humanistic reactions. Do you also hate the Muppets? Or are you just trolling now?
    - olewhalehunter 11y ago
      Yes, children have better things to do than watching television shows owned by Disney and OP's article details why.
      - PhasmaFelis 11y ago
        Why are you still limiting yourself to Disney? Your complaints apply to basically 100% of all cartoons, and quite a lot of live-action children's programming, e.g. Sesame Street.
        olewhalehunter 11y ago
        See my response to soylentcola

JabavuAdams 11y ago

I'm not referring to Steve Jobs, I'm referring to the Pixar "Brain Trust": http://www.fastcompany.com/3027135/lessons-learned/inside-the-pixar-braintrust http://www.fastcompany.com/3027135/lessons-learned/inside-th... Fundamentally, these people are artists.

olewhalehunter 11y ago
Fundamentally their films are there to make money in a global economy and to ensure the artists stay hired there. And their art is shit, repetitive, and horrifically ethnocentric, they draw all their eyes the same, big, colorful, inviting, with nice clear whites; their bodies are soft, squeezable, like big babies, with fuzzy or gleaming hair, to exploit humanistic reactions.
- JabavuAdams 11y ago
  Is there anything you're trying to accomplish? I love myself a good rant, and most of us love to be righteous ... but ... What's the state of the world that you want? Does being this angry help you get it there?
  - olewhalehunter 11y ago
    I'm automating distributed dialectics software and it appears to be working.
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago
  > they draw all their eyes the same, big, colorful, inviting, with nice clear whites; their bodies are soft, squeezable, like big babies, with fuzzy or gleaming hair, to exploit humanistic reactions. Do you also hate the Muppets? Or are you just trolling now?
  - olewhalehunter 11y ago
    Yes, children have better things to do than watching television shows owned by Disney and OP's article details why.
    - PhasmaFelis 11y ago
      Why are you still limiting yourself to Disney? Your complaints apply to basically 100% of all cartoons, and quite a lot of live-action children's programming, e.g. Sesame Street.
      - olewhalehunter 11y ago
        See my response to soylentcola