4 ms·
> The people in positions of power want her dead As a family member of somebody in that position, I can understand that it's easy to have that kind of emotiona
by logicalmonster 4y ago
> The people in positions of power want her dead
As a family member of somebody in that position, I can understand that it's easy to have that kind of emotional perception.
However, as a logical matter, I can see how it is easy to make the exact opposite argument to yours. The government doesn't want to eliminate people who might be viewed as drains of resources. They want votes and voting demographics they can pander to. They want social issues they can shovel more money at and sneak some extra cash to their chosen friends. They want to hire tons of officials to oversee implementations for solutions to increase their fiefdoms and influence. They want a compliant voting block that is depending on them for just enough resources to survive so they'll be less likely to ever be non-compliant with any decrees.
- agentdrtran 4y ago> The government doesn't want to eliminate people who might be viewed as drains of resources. They want votes and voting demographics they can pander to. Very curious, can you name any politicians that panders to disabled voters?
- avs733 4y agoYou’re misreading the post above. They want to be able to say things like “we passed this law to prevent fraud” or “we are tough on crime”. That the actions are counterproductive and hurt those they are meant to help us an externality not a goal.
- renewiltord 4y agoMakes sense. You don’t want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. If you can manufacture support through a thing it’s better to keep the thing around.
- linux_is_nice 4y agoI know this is off-topic, but do you still happen to have the slides for your "Indistinguishable From Magic" talk from a decade ago?
- avs733 4y agoUh …possibly? They are way out of date. I think my email is in my profile if you ping me.
- linux_is_nice 4y agoYour email doesn't appear to be in your profile. Since the presentation out of date, do you have any pointers for where to look for up-to-date information?
- avs733 4y agosorry I totally missed this response. I dug up the slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s/25qh0zjm7hgc43s/Hope%20Talk-Inseparable%20from%20Magic.pptx?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/25qh0zjm7hgc43s/Hope%20Talk-Insepa... Anandtech is a really good resource for semiconductor innovations: https://www.anandtech.com/tag/semiconductors https://www.anandtech.com/tag/semiconductors
- linux_is_nice 4y agoThanks!