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by xkde 7y ago
And what do you propose we do about that?
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by xkde 7y ago
Whoops, I thought we were discussing our personal experiences, not just whining about “the system”. My bad.
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by xkde 7y ago
I don’t know any engineers driving busses (or the equivalent). The company I’m working for is currently looking for a lot of new ones, too.
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by xkde 7y ago
I agree in that it is probably largely just a case of being mistaken. However, comments like that often carry an implicit, “those horrible ancient civilizations” context embedded within them. There’s an idea that knowledge (science, economi
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by xkde 7y ago
> so we don't need to kill people for the comparatively minuscule amount in their blood You’re sure that’s what would have happened then?
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by xkde 7y ago
This assumes that we’re somehow morally superior to those that have gone before us.
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by xkde 7y ago
At this point, if Facebook wasn’t public and I was Zuckerberg, I’d wind down the company and update the home page to simply read, “I’m leaving it as I found it. Take over. It’s yours.”
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by xkde 7y ago
I’m curious - who, in this model, gets to define the “social good”?
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by xkde 7y ago
“I deleted all the news off my phone.” Found your problem.
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by xkde 7y ago
And the article is blatantly pro-renewable, what’s your point? If anything, the parent comment brings up issues that are often ignored and glossed over.
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by xkde 7y ago
I got out of renting out a place I owned in CA a few years ago for this very reason. The company that bought it eventually turned it into a parking lot. I’m just glad it’s not my problem anymore.