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by prestonpesek 8y ago
This is an attempt to seal off one of the main pathways out of interaction with its monopoly. “This will make you safer” is a common refrain of those who seek to maintain control over everything you do.
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by prestonpesek 8y ago
If they are this desperate, prepare for net neutrality to become more important. I’ve already started to experience delays in streaming speeds and reliability. Please call or write to your representative and express concern that your intern
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by prestonpesek 9y ago
If humanity wants to improve the net balance of human rights, what better way than to reallocate available financial capital away from regimes that subscribe to undesirable religious dogma, and toward a new generation of leaders who believ
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by prestonpesek 9y ago
Maybe we should ask how human rights abuses plan to persist if their proponents are funding new platforms of self expression and better flows of information that offer tremendous empowerment for the average person to learn about and speak o
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by prestonpesek 9y ago
Wow what a fantastic tax evasion scheme, especially for real estate developers!
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by prestonpesek 10y ago
I'd like to suggest a theory here, that a brain's primary function is to study and occasionally override the information processing algorithms contained in the "unconscious" DNA of the organism. Once the brain has discov
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by prestonpesek 10y ago
In order for this to work, you have to define "universal" in the context of how automation affects the global economy, not just the US or any national economy. Example: are we going to send a stipend to Bengali citizens who are di
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by prestonpesek 10y ago
This is exactly what spacious.com in NYC is working on, a network of coffee / meeting lounges across the city, inside really nice restaurant dining rooms that are otherwise closed until dinner service. (big disclaimer: I'm the cof
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by prestonpesek 10y ago
I'm not sure that evidence of stone tools means that these were human animals. Many other species can conceivably use stone tools.
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by prestonpesek 10y ago
Scientists? Or WITCHES!?!?!? Seriously though, the human behavior study on this is as fascinating as the animal one, and would be really hard to explain in a Salem courthouse. And the picture of the masked scientist holding a dead crow? Add
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by prestonpesek 10y ago
Why don't we study our own social media habits with as much scrutiny? I mean, if our version of the Chinese state is free market capitalism, how much of our own social media ecosystem is clogged with "fake" posts, otherwise k
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by prestonpesek 10y ago
Perhaps your expectations were misplaced? Please see: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/medium/investors
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by prestonpesek 11y ago
If there was ever a perfect plan to widen the gap between rich and poor, this is it. I predict this will bring about a future of unionized renters, followed by home-trust-busting efforts as it becomes clear how much potential for the abuse