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by dawg- 6y ago
Pollan's advice is so simple, but like many simple things it can be really hard for people to follow in practice. Sometimes it seems like we are way too good at out-smarting ourselves rather than keeping it simple. Food is really the s
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by dawg- 6y ago
It's nothing new. Mass media and propaganda have been inextricably linked since the invention of the printing press.
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by dawg- 6y ago
>was the co-founder of Colombia's largest energy company. I'm sure spirituality and eating fruit has something to do with his longevity...but being filthy rich is probably a bigger factor.
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by dawg- 6y ago
>you simply consider it bad per sē that sex be treated as a service that can be sold for whatever price the market might dictate. Yes, exactly.
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by dawg- 6y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/style/girls-do-porn-lawsu...
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by dawg- 6y ago
I think the decline of moral argument and the rise of this general "anything goes" attitude has been a negative for society. We have to decide to draw a line somewhere. Even porn companies that feature of-age performers are highly
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by dawg- 6y ago
Here's the secret, thoughtful discourse is hard work and will never be "automatic" :)
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by dawg- 6y ago
Oh man I love this. I have long had a sort of back-shelf idea to create a "Month Old News" site where you can read headlines from a month ago with more context and thoughtful analysis.
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by dawg- 6y ago
I was pretty frustrated with Aeon until I realized I was trying to read it like a peer-reviewed journal instead of what it is. It's a forum for scientists and philosophers to speculate freely without any rigor whatsoever. They are deve
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by dawg- 6y ago
I am reading this right now. A lot of awesome insight in the book. I just can't help but get the feeling that 90% of it is going over my head without having read Kuhn, Popper, etc.
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by dawg- 6y ago
I disagree, in fact the history of science and religious institutions dates back to the very beginning of science. Gregor Mendel, father of modern day Genetics, a Catholic monk. Georges Lemaitre, a Catholic priest who came up with the Big B
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by dawg- 6y ago
I think you are absolutely right about mass social networking, where people/pages can have millions of followers and advertisers have access to extremely granular filters. This form of the internet is not good for us. It's too
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by dawg- 6y ago
I agree with you that in 2020 there should not be ads in any paid product. But people did pay for cable for decades, after all.
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by dawg- 6y ago
The next question: should we force Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. to submit their platforms to open protocols the same way Mastodon is? Maybe the answer isn't getting everyone to use Mastodon; maybe it's using anti-trust law to
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by dawg- 6y ago
I am working on quitting reddit and joining the "homebrew website" camp as the bulk of my online presence. I don't expect it to be the next reddit, because I don't want a next reddit. The internet on social media is big,
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by dawg- 6y ago
The author cites three mediocre pop science books and is dismayed that after a single reading, he finds himself unable to impress people at parties with his knowledge. He says those books each take "6 to 9 hours" to read. Life cha
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by dawg- 6y ago
Yes, you should wait until you see it. Don't form your opinions of the world based solely on what you read in the news. Wherever you are from, I'm sure it's a nice place. And I'm sure I could find a hundred news articles
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by dawg- 6y ago
The quote is infamous for being a terribly useless statement. Not sure why they would want to use something like that to defend themselves
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by dawg- 6y ago
I am an Evernote junkie but Roam is really intriguing. Linking thing together on Evernote is very clunky. Not sure if I will switch to Roam but if Evernote adapts some of their ideas I will be very happy.
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by dawg- 6y ago
There are still geeks doing quirky and whimsical things with computers, there always will be. They are just harder to find in all the noise.
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by dawg- 6y ago
Sorry for the vague wording. I meant "could" not as a statement of their actual ability, but as a hypothetical. If they did make such a car, Tesla would still sell better because of the brand. The current public narrative says tha
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by dawg- 6y ago
I think the whole thing is a problem. People opining on productivity are creating issues where there are none. And I say this as someone who has tried every productivity strategy under the sun. The only one I have found to work is to just d
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by dawg- 6y ago
I definitely still believe in their work. But they wasted a whole lot of grassroots momentum at the beginning. A film is cool, but 5,000+ people who are willing to go evangelize to their family, friends, and elected representatives is a who
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by dawg- 6y ago
How does the saying go? When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail?
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by dawg- 6y ago
I was very involved in the Center for Humane Tech community back when they first started and was a volunteer mod for a little while. CHT is still a thing but I believe the forum no longer exists. I saw the press release about the organizati
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by dawg- 6y ago
I am frustrated that we feel the need to keep "innovating" when we already know how to fix depression. In no particular order: Physical activity, social participation, getting enough sunlight, and creative outlets. The problem is
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by dawg- 6y ago
I love articles about the cutting edge of AI - because it always ends up putting the spectacular glory of nature front and center. Any time you see an AI promo with really big numbers claiming to be close to replicating human cognitive func
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by dawg- 6y ago
So many mental health apps these days with so little high quality evidence of their effectiveness. And there are so many of these apps out there, why would someone build their own? Maybe OP is onto something though. Could it be that the cre
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by dawg- 6y ago
Even better for GM, they just acquire the whole thing and now they have a new brand to make their EV's under. GM could make a Chevy Volt 2x better than any Tesla, but Tesla will still sell better because of the brand identity. If you l
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by dawg- 6y ago
It’s true, and maintenance costs can easily erase the difference in any case. I wouldn’t say owning is definitively better financially than renting, but i do think it is better in general.

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