neuronotic

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by neuronotic 9y ago
This is a rehash of a sibling comment I made: The opportunity to select from a curated set of options is better than no choice, but I think having the opportunity to participate in curating of the options is even better and more democratic.
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by neuronotic 9y ago
This sounds like you are yearning for a more democratic system of government? I think a key thing is to view 'democratic' as meaning more than merely the opportunity to choose - the common narrative around what a 'democracy&#
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by neuronotic 9y ago
Richard Murphy has written a book called The Joy of Tax, where one of the central arguments is that the generally accepted view of tax playing the role of funding government expenditure is incorrect, or at the very least, undesirable. Inste
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by neuronotic 12y ago
Finally! :)
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by neuronotic 14y ago
Did anyone have success at getting this to work? I'm getting this error: com.twitter.common.application.AppLauncher exit SEVERE: Failed to apply arguments java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Failed to parse: app_class - No parser found for
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by neuronotic 14y ago
Right...those with the most $ get the most votes in this system...
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by neuronotic 15y ago
Because the laws of entropy show that's not quite right? The notion that we have the ability to save everything doesn't seem to account for the placement of such technology in a wider context. For example, take dimensions such as the politi
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by neuronotic 15y ago
"people too often feel they have the right to steal whatever they like, unless of course I can stop them." - so as long as THEY are powerless (or proportionately dis-empowered at least), YOU can reap the upside of risks taken where the