brighton36

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by brighton36 6y ago
why bother getting the degree?
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by brighton36 6y ago
We are Marcuse's one dimensional man.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Unfortunately, the problem with seeing white supremacy is that in doing so, we create white supremacy.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Facts are disgusting. That's what makes them facts.
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by brighton36 6y ago
I think we're just going to have to pay for privacy. If it's important, and scarce, it will be up for sale. All societal social values and morals will be commoditized and assessed for purchase. No one is smart enough to know why t
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by brighton36 6y ago
Of course. These are ostensible goals. The goals don't have to be realized, in order for the hope to appear.
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by brighton36 6y ago
The goal of the institution is to objectify those who command its hierarchy. It's assumed to be possible to do. And in this assumption, we are led to be hopeful for an enduring service.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Bitcoin is a thneed.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Money is a faith.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Sign value.
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by brighton36 6y ago
How does sound economic policy differ from visual economic policy?
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by brighton36 6y ago
If you present complexity, people assume you're smart, and give you their money to invest.
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by brighton36 6y ago
It's cheap talk. It's not intended to be followed through. It intends to fool the neurotic, which, it usually succeeds in doing.
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by brighton36 6y ago
I have no doubt. That's why I said 'mostly'. It's a cold. A bad one, for some. Mostly, we perform the act of the pandemic. The acts offer confidence to the neurotic.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Coronavirus is mostly a performance. The governors perform it on camera. This is similar to the security theatre performances after 9/11.
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by brighton36 6y ago
and to promote fear.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Goodhearts law
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by brighton36 6y ago
I guess that was a bit terse. NPR did a series called 'nice white parents' that went over some of these issues. But, the central question is basically "what is the goal here" . Do kids belong to the state, and the state
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by brighton36 6y ago
This assumes we know what schools are for. :(
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by brighton36 6y ago
I'm not sure if this is interesting to anyone. But, I wanted something a bit more lightweight, so, I'm writing my own kinda/sorta Drogon thing. It's using git and cmake to (hopefully) serve as a better library management
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by brighton36 6y ago
I'm starting to think a lot of schemes at the federal level (patent, copyright, securities law, trademark, etc) are robbing these conservative states of opportunity. In the op's proposed system, it's probable that wealth can
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by brighton36 6y ago
Most of the product that schools offer, is in teaching 'propriety'. This is their function as an obedience academy. This requires bodies in seats, and it requires a dissemination of what ignorances students are socially required t
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by brighton36 6y ago
These are objective concessions. Most of these concessions took tens (or thousands) of years to become objective.
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by brighton36 6y ago
I used to think that. Marketing is all about moralizing the product.
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by brighton36 6y ago
I'd think he has at least a good enough sense of humor to smile about it.
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Authority bias is systemic.
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Then, the prestige it sells, is probably not all that legitimate.
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As opposed to which... What? Colleges used to manufacture knowledge.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Even with the human presence. There's so much unneeded bundling - these campuses have turned into prestige factories.
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by brighton36 6y ago
Perhaps twitter should replace these signifiers with "boss" and "employee" .

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