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by detcader 8y ago
It's almost as if we are in Omelas, our worldwide festival of novelty and technology relying on a hidden destruction of the environment we do not pay attention to except once in a while (not to mention the countries.) I don't beli
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A follow-up to these I would recommend: Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Have we ever seen this happen to a drastic degree in recent times? If so, what happened? Who says that governments couldn't address a crisis, when they often involve themselves heavily in crises the economy, bailing out banks and so on
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Can you give an example of why this is bad? What more do we really need in terms of technology, to survive as nations and be happy? Could this point in our achievement be enough? Maybe a drought of elevator specialists decreases the amount
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This is why Chomsky et al also look at access to administration leaks and special interviews, the patterns of career TV "analysts" that get brought on to "analyze" a current event, and the way language, structure, and fr
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Why Taxation Is Neither Theft nor Slavery(currentaffairs.org)
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If I were an oligarch in a non-U.S.-allied industrial nation, would I not love having a comment like this at the top of where it is? I get to point to the American tech industry culture and say "they are trying to wipe us out!"
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Did Google not do something similar?
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> largely how Kuwait avoids religious strife that infects other regions That's really interesting, can you provide a source on this causal relationship?
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It's true that some people think this. Other people think the 1st Amendment exists for a reason less simplistic than "a government shouldn't censor people," something to do with a healthy human society: https:/&#x2
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"Free speech" as a value is different from free speech protections from government interference. Maybe the former needs a new name...
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Like what UK police did to Graham Lineham? https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/07/graham-lineh...
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Well, Obama OLC's legal memo advocated it explicitly, though. From Wikipedia: 'Barron's memo was described by The New York Times Editorial Board as "a slapdash pastiche of legal theories — some based on obscure interpret
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"International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights requires, within a reasonable number of years, the principle of compulsory education free of charge for all [children]." - Wikipedia That could also be described as a
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Me and people I've known growing up have found many, many friends in foster homes, vet offices, shelters, the street. Where profit motive doesn't really exist...
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"Joyous! How is one to tell about joy? How describe the citizens of Omelas?..."
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Hey look, it's the same arguments against the Nordic model of prostitution laws. Can you describe the conditions of cats and dogs with today's breeders in a few sentences, instead of just saying "poor"? At least by quoti
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I share the worries of "messing with things we don't understand" but that comes after not accepting this practice of using conscious beings who can experience pain as objects. It's inventing more suffering on purpose, in
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I made the mistake of choosing an example involving strictly formal barriers. A self-employed journalist can still feel the incentives offered by governments and huge multinational media conglomerates, if not also less powerful companies an
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Basically because Glenn Greenwald/Popehat are lawyers-turned-fringe-bloggers and Bush/Obama won office, rather than the other way around
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For years the NY Times refused to use the word "torture" when talking about the War on Terror in favor of "enhanced interrogation"... what journalist is impartial?
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I read something in an article recently that feels relevant: "respect your 9-to-5." If I am a developer for 40 hours per week and then add more coding and learning on top of that without a deep drive and clear vision (and healthy
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If only us men stopped using women like objects at such a rate that it bears statistically significant stress on the scale of the industry! Then most businesses would need to spend zero time and money.
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Every journalist has an agenda... remember NY Times' "enhanced interrogation"?
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Getting rid of company-handled arbitration sounds less work for the tech companies?
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Maybe if you can't do business without making sure you're not causing harm, you shouldn't do business at all. Of course anti-competitive lobbying happens all the time. But if it's not economically feasible for a Scrappy
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Many liberal sentiments can be weaponized against marginalized people. Just Google "Speaker's Corner anti-feminism", or for a more recent example, "Eli Erlick Ariana Grande"
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So: "One death is a statistic; one million is a statistic."
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That's really sad to hear. Any pointers to English-speaking and/or prominent Swiss women's rights voices would be appreciated!
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How you've written things is exactly how Buddhist mindfulness authors Christina Feldman, Sharon Salzberg, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Pema Chödrön have been writing and thinking about it. I recommend checking out Wherever You Go, There You Are

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