aklemm

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by aklemm 7y ago
Worth talking about!
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by aklemm 7y ago
The plutocracy, though...that’s the actual problem.
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by aklemm 7y ago
My instinct and experience contradicts that.
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by aklemm 7y ago
If you can’t bootstrap engagement with the Kindle integrations, maybe you could bootstrap community/engagement by integrating with public library catalogs and checkout records? Patrons could opt in to sharing their activity automatical
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by aklemm 7y ago
What a joy! That I also didn’t get a real fire for learning until around age 20 makes this relatable. That it’s Churchill makes it fun to read.
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by aklemm 7y ago
Yet, in reality, it's not so simple. The "cream puff shoo-ins" are both overvalued and undervalued at the same time.
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by aklemm 7y ago
This sentiment resonates. People seem unable and uninterested in pursuing anything meaningful.
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by aklemm 7y ago
In my darkest moments, I also think the most high-minded improvements to human well-being and governance of the last 200 years are fleeting and and will soon be lost. Of course, there is hardly a better mission one could have but to preserv
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by aklemm 7y ago
It is a lovely document, and one we should better adopt in practice.
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by aklemm 7y ago
"Sprint" isn't supposed to be sustainable. It acknowledges that for brief periods we set aside distractions/maintenance/cleanup and make progress and THEN back off to a state that lets us recuperate the whole enviro
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by aklemm 7y ago
Well, the cavalry comes in and soon outweighs the misguided negativity...at least in this thread. The negative comments were definitely outstanding.
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by aklemm 7y ago
I'd like to see a threaded conversation that's video-only and maybe with real names and addresses.
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by aklemm 7y ago
Exactly. In fact, this thread looks like people cargo-culting what it means to be evidence-based (hint: life and work will always contain some reasoning and craft).
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by aklemm 7y ago
A school like Oberlin in a town like Oberlin needs to have multiple off-campus social justice trips per year so these students have perspective and real opportunity to try on their newly-educated energy.
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by aklemm 7y ago
Presumably not Jay Chandrasekhar.
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by aklemm 7y ago
I assure you my understanding of D-K is well above average.
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by aklemm 7y ago
But seriously, can you point to a good example of that? Your criticism is shocking to me as my perspective as a long-time listener is that she's NEVER "over-the-top and self aggrandizing".
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by aklemm 7y ago
Very wise; excellent advice. Any adult who has faced the prospect of unemployment can probably hear this fairly well, but is there any way to communicate this concept to younger people? I'd have loved to come out of college with a bett
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by aklemm 7y ago
It is absolutely not a myth. Every convenience you see represents time and "value" added by the food industry making it easier to put food into yourself. Of course it comes at the cost of health and the health of the environment.
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by aklemm 7y ago
Thinking about this a lot lately. Biggest thing is getting people ready to put in the time needed to process food themselves. Reducing packaging and eating better food takes A LOT of time, and I don't think anyone except the portion of
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by aklemm 7y ago
You're 1 for 3 on that list, so no.
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by aklemm 7y ago
I’m in a similar position and have an option #4 that would be my own preferred route, but I’ve only recently started thinking about it. #4 Partner in as a tech lead or cofounder on someone else’s early stage idea. The question is how to fin
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by aklemm 7y ago
Are newspapers supposed to endorse the same as the public votes? I would say 57-2 is about what I would expect when a bunch of educated, and engaged citizens set out to determine if Trump should be President. Seriously, not supporting Trump
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by aklemm 7y ago
Good idea! Relatedly, it's my understanding that European countries have much tighter infrastructure security that is tested and vetted by government agencies. It's also my understanding that we have zero of that in the U.S. Do th
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by aklemm 7y ago
Love this one.
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by aklemm 7y ago
Of course it is, but it’s not THE Internet and we don’t want it to be. It’s also a commercial emtity while the Internet May be considered more of a public good.
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by aklemm 7y ago
Would love to hear downvoters make their case.
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by aklemm 7y ago
We don't need free speech on Facebook, but we do on the Internet. That's the difference in Russia and China, etc.
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by aklemm 7y ago
He's dangerous as he stokes the kind of fear, based on falsehoods, that cause a government such as ours to split up migrant families with no regard as to how to reunite them. And that's just the beginning of what will happen based
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by aklemm 8y ago
As a nocturnal mammal, I enjoy this connection to my genetic ancestors.

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