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by nota_bene 11y ago
There is no need for these experiments: There is no free will, and you can understand this by simply applying pure logic/rational thinking: When you're born (the "1st second" of your life) you're given 2 variables:
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by nota_bene 11y ago
> Isn't that a huge contradiction? Try counting web devs who are pro-privacy but implement Google Analytics in their work. You'll get close to 100%.
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by nota_bene 11y ago
> I really hope the current centralization of the web is an evolutionary step. In our Western economic system, the question boils down to: Can a company make more money based on the concept of centralization or decentralization? The answ
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by nota_bene 11y ago
You can't enslave workers with a minimum wage of $7.5/hr.
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by nota_bene 11y ago
That logic applies to anybody who has somebody below them who's poorer (so, everybody). The richer guy simply dominates the poorer guy. This logic applies on any scale - person, city, country, continent, social class... People like Jes
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New Photos Show Bush Administration Reaction to 9/11 Attacks(pbs.org)
6 points by nota_bene 11y ago|0 comments
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by nota_bene 11y ago
I'd feel awful too if my name was 'nailer' ;-)
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by nota_bene 11y ago
That's the sad part - we sacrifice what people like Snowden tried to save (by giving up their perfect lives) for eye candy.
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by nota_bene 11y ago
And since we always require scientific proof, here's the relevant study regarding "mindful meditation" and its benefits: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to...
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by nota_bene 11y ago
> it's a simply a matter of time until the good content snowballs away to the next site And that "snowballing" movement could be created easily with https://www.iWouldDo.it
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by nota_bene 11y ago
> A related issue would be insider trading. To be honest, all of the data hoovers such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Co. have a pretty obvious insider knowledge-like cash machine: simply look into a few correlations between
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by nota_bene 11y ago
Money being equivalent to power, privacy will always be distributed inequally. So if you think transparency could be applied to everybody in society, you're wrong. Rich people will have the means to protect their privacy, not the &quot
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by nota_bene 11y ago
There is also the "network effect" that is keeping users locked in these services. In other words: "I leave only if my friends leave". That's the problem https://www.iWouldDo.it can solve for you.
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by nota_bene 11y ago
The giants currently have all the control because they own the contact to the consumer. What would be the mechanism that motivates the lazy consumer to switch away from what he knows and loves?
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by nota_bene 11y ago
Interesting how power is being consolidated all the time, creating stronger monopolies: Facebook taking control over publishers by integrating their content. Now Google taking control over suppliers by creating the sales lead/conversio
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by nota_bene 11y ago
Those who bear the "socialized losses" can easily band together to become a force to be reckoned with and change things: https://www.iWouldDo.it lets you do just that, in an efficient way.
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by nota_bene 11y ago
"More Must Be Done" -> If you need a tool to coordinate some kind of action, this may be of help: https://www.iWouldDo.it
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by nota_bene 11y ago
Join the FSF's email encryption campaign to accelerate the movement: https://www.iwoulddo.it/en/campaigns/2949/email-encryption
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by nota_bene 11y ago
We have just set up a Campaign for email encryption (join it!): https://www.iwoulddo.it/en/campaigns/2949/email-encryption This Campaign allows for a coordinated migration of your "social network" t
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by nota_bene 11y ago
If you want to use encrypted communication tools, but don't know if you can convince enough people in your network to join you, use this tool to activate your friends & family (to build critical mass): https://www.iWould
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by nota_bene 12y ago
If you have some concrete action in mind and want to rally people around it, you can use this: https://www.iwoulddo.it/
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Repeated remembering 'wipes similar memories'(bbc.com)
1 points by nota_bene 12y ago|0 comments