tandem_bike

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The Other Crisis in Psychology(quillette.com)
5 points by tandem_bike 7y ago|0 comments
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
This is a strong feeling you have, but I see no evidence for it. The media likes to talk more about ultra nationalist groups now than it did in the past, giving some sense that it's growing into a big problem, but where is the actual e
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
The difference is that Norway and the US are liberal democracies and allies. China, quite the opposite. In fact, Norway (and all of Europe) has outsourced much of its collective defense to the United States, so if Norway and the Europeans a
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
The title makes the data collection sounds sinister, but this is just a case of a company wanting to make the best product possible. It's necessary to collect data to improve systems. Norway (and all of Europe) has outsourced much of i
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
>"Cost has protected citizens of the world's liberal democracies from sliding into totalitarianism for a long time. Now the brakes are off. Surveillance technology costs are plunging across at the board and capabilities are sky
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
Everything you say is true. Modern healthcare is so expensive and inefficient because its built around the demands and capabilities of the past. Usually I hate it when people say something is fundamentally broken, but healthcare really is.
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
Not true. This is more a meta perspective one should take when thinking about the US. We should continue talking about what the US does wrong, but we should also recognize the tremendous good the US has done and continues to do around the w
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
The point is that the invasion of Iraq itself could easily be considered a righteous act. The aftermath has been dreadful, no doubt, but that was not the intention, and when making moral judgements intention of the judged is ultimately what
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
People who suffered at the hands of Saddam's regime would disagree. There was jubilation in the streets of Iraq when Saddam was driven out of power.
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
The anti-US ideology is strong here, and it's a losing battle speaking reason to ideologues. The ideology is rooted in something I am sympathetic to, even though I am very pro-US. Many here and elsewhere on the internet are either not
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by tandem_bike 7y ago
It's predictable that you would get downvotes, but your points are generally true. The Monetary Union of Europe is failing just like the socialism of some of its member states. Europe's economies are strangled by taxation and regu