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by leto_ii 6y ago
I have to say I find the way of thinking presented in this article to be wrong in a fundamental way. I realize that this is (more or less) how we're all brought up to think about our place in the world, but I have come to see it as a v
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by leto_ii 6y ago
I don't want to be nitpicky, but there is no such thing as the paleolithic French.
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Like many people posting here, I think I share quite a bit of your situation and views. I think the problem is a more fundamental societal one, namely that we have moved to a highly financialized, business-driven economy that is by its very
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by leto_ii 6y ago
For me Clean Code was a bit of an eye opener. I generally found following SOLID principles to be valuable. It's however important to understand that principles are not unbreakable laws of the universe, but rather things that should g
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by leto_ii 6y ago
> Good luck, in both sarcasm but also all sincerity, convincing people in that robust of a bubble that there are real problems that need to be fixed. People have no north star to fix a direction. They won't be able to organise anyth
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by leto_ii 6y ago
My feeling was that the same thoughts could have been expressed in fewer words and that the article would have gained in clarity from that. > Our attention spans are shot to hell. I agree. My comment was mostly on the presentation, not o
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> you ain't going to fix the world, and wait for the new world order I think this sort of Hegelian outlook is counterproductive. Human society is not external to us; we can change its course if we want to. As a matter of fact there
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by leto_ii 6y ago
> this largely is by choice for the average person I would disagree. While indeed we're all in a sense free to choose, your environment can actually make certain choices a lot easier than others. We're indeed free to not have
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> I have no idea how to convince others of this and to get the various companies to give up their skinner box features. Convincing others may not be very hard in the end, since everybody is going through this in one way or another. Convi
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by leto_ii 6y ago
The body of the article is too verbose for my taste. However, I found the advice section at the end valuable and actionable; especially the following: > Continually check your thoughts, actions, purchases and posts. Do I actually like th
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by leto_ii 6y ago
I took a quick look at a few of the videos. While they do provide insight into cue ball/target ball behavior, they don't seem to show how to achieve the shots in the first place. Are there videos that also show how the cue hits th
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by leto_ii 6y ago
> You don't think it's appropriate for a scientist to be puzzled by a result? Definitely. However, there didn't seem to be an attempt to also question his existing theory regarding evolutionary fitness. Again, the results
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> Melamed is expressing that the result is surprising. He is clearly not refusing to believe it. I didn't say that he's refusing to believe the result. Rather, I found it amusing that he did not reassess his prior beliefs in
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by leto_ii 6y ago
I've seen him on JRE ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obmt_PkIfBE ). I liked his observations on the baboon troupe and how changing group makeup led to a change of dynamics and the establishment of a more cooperative eq
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by leto_ii 6y ago
My personal understanding of human nature is that it's capable of the whole range of attitudes, from violent selfishness to pure altruism. I think the society you live in and the way you're brought up matter a lot in moderating th
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by leto_ii 6y ago
> "From an evolutionary perspective, it's kind of perplexing that it even exists, because you're decreasing your own fitness on behalf of others," Melamed said. "And yet, we see it in bees and ants, and humans an
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by leto_ii 6y ago
It's the GP that introduced the concept: > Bare minimum, there's always going to be some demographic ostracized by society, even if that demographic is only, like, murderous cannibals. I said: > I would qualify murderous can
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by leto_ii 6y ago
The independent rule is: weird is something that gets you marginalized in the society you live in, without being illegal/detrimental/an infringement on others' rights. Being unusual is not the same as being weird. Being unusu
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by leto_ii 6y ago
I'm not particularly old or successful. I also think we might have different ideas of what "not giving a fuck" means. To me it's about being true and at ease with myself, even when I'm uncool or weird. It certainly
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by leto_ii 6y ago
Ok, my definition of "weird" is: something that will get you marginalized under the prevailing norms of the society you live in. Something that is unusual, but doesn't get you marginalized, might be cool, but not weird. Somet
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by leto_ii 6y ago
Incidentally I do think we're a bit more tolerant of weirdness now, just not as much as we think we are. Being completely tolerant to weirdness would mean, to my mind, to essentially not think in terms of weird/mainstream/coo
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by leto_ii 6y ago
I'm not in touch with teenage culture anymore, but things like Billie Eilish and TikTok come to mind.
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by leto_ii 6y ago
I think from a societal point of view there are patterns that are considered weird and patterns that are acceptable. There is of course a gray area, but it's not as wide as we might think (at least not in my experience). If you conside
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by leto_ii 6y ago
^ this :D
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I don't know enough anthropology to debate that, but my feeling is that even in societies where cannibalism was allowed there were clear rules around it. I expect that you wouldn't just be able to kill and eat people randomly.
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How so?
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> Weirdness can be cool now. Showing an interest in anything other than the mainstream interests used to result in terrible teasing. Weirdness almost by definition can't be cool. Or at least not actual weirdness. In the 50's a
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by leto_ii 6y ago
I would qualify murderous cannibals as dangerous criminals, not weirdos. Weirdos are people who aren't doing anything wrong, but who are ostracized for not conforming to arbitrary social norms.
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by leto_ii 6y ago
Realizing that I don't have to give a fuck has definitely felt like an important step towards actual emotional/intellectual maturity. It has happened to me relatively recently, so I'm still new to the feeling :D
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by leto_ii 6y ago
I've also read Friedman's work and tend to agree with a lot of his points. However, what we've started seeing for some years now is a severe degradation of the US's soft power. The hard power is still there and the US wi

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