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Which "systemic problems" are you referring to?

• Henchman21 1y ago
  Not who you were responding to, but here are some: - anthropogenic climate change - institutional racism - healthcare availability and affordability - gun violence How does “personal resilience, introspection, coping skills, and ingenuity” help solve any of those??
  • runjake 1y ago
    The topic at hand was non-existential threats, so my comment was oriented toward that. But, I think my comment stands with regard to existential threats, as well, but at scale (so, education and social movements are key). Resilience and coping skills to better deal with the compromises and hardships required, be it refraining from things we enjoy because it fights climate change or dealing with violence from the state to make our voices heard. Introspection to strengthen our beliefs, ethics, behaviors, and understanding of the world and different viewpoints. Ingenuity to come up with solutions to these existential risks. These are all vitally important at scale. Stronger people brings smarter choices and less vulnerability to external influences (especially the malicious kinds).
• danaris 1y ago
  In this case? "Porn censorship [at a governmental level] destroying the internet". No amount of individual resilience can restore the lost privacy, the lost users & revenue for various sites (including some that have very little to do with porn), the lost websites (including some that have very little to do with porn), the lost dignity for sex workers and queer people... Do I really need to go on? Like, this is a governmental action that changes the rules for entire categories of content and websites. How can you think that any degree of individual action or attitude can compensate for that...?