GCSAQCMIYI

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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
>That herd immunity prevents the regular epidemics & pandemics common before vaccines Like Scarlet fever?
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
Do you have some personal insight into the minds of WP employees? Do you have first-hand knowledge that the identity of the owner of the business has had no impact on any of their decisions, like who to hire or what to publish? Leaders like
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
The reasons he gives for buying it don't tell us anything. His net worth is in the 12 figures. Everything he says publicly is crafted by a well paid and highly competent PR team. If he bought it to gain political influence, which seems
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
>DoD couldn't care less about Bezos' mansion or HQ2's impact on the city's economy. How do you know that?
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
>And running a newspaper that continuously annoys a President doesn't really fit the apparently popular idea that Bezos is spending money to get favourable treatment from politicians. At least from outward appearances, most of the r
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
Do you think he bought it because he really likes journalism?
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
Not to mention the newspaper.
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
>That might be true, but so what? Keep your identity small. That doesn't say you shouldn't cooperate with people who don't keep their identities small. You can cooperate with people who strongly identify as members of a gr
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
I'm curious why you see it as "dangerously mistaken". What is the danger in making that mistake?
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
>Group identification is not a necessary component of cooperation. I didn't say or suggest it was. >if you identify as part of a group, then you will have the human impulse to take actions that achieve the goals of the group, eve
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
I certainly agree that everyone's values are ultimately arbitrary, but that's pretty far outside of this discussion. Most people are self-interested, and the person I originally replied to was talking about normal people. "Th
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
I wonder if he is confusing the security of the nation with the security of the government.
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
He suggests keeping your identity small. There is only so much you can do on that front. Some potential government policies are beneficial for people with certain characteristics, including immutable ones or ones that are difficult to chang
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
Why do you believe that is not a rational way to act in this environment?
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by GCSAQCMIYI 6y ago
According to the article's sources, how many students or teachers were injured in a school shooting in, say, March 2006?