https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zyQc77c5FQ
First chapter of The Graysonian Ethic: Lessons for my unborn son released in audiobook form on youtube. I've got it set up to release another chapter every week until the book ends.
First chapter of The Graysonian Ethic: Lessons for my unborn son released in audiobook form on youtube. I've got it set up to release another chapter every week until the book ends.
I wish I could be optimistic, but just look south to the Jan 6th protesters (Or the treatment of the trucker convoy) for the truth that these people only like the rule of law when it suits them, and damn it the moment it's not. There's no reason to believe it will necessarily end here.
But it's a good step, at least.
But it's a good step, at least.
https://www.rebelnews.com/breaking_artur_pawlowski_legal_appeal_decision_total_victory
This is a great piece of news. The hero who stood up against covid authoritarianism, Artur Pawlowski, won his freedom in court.
When we don't give up, good does sometimes triumph over evil, as long as it never gives up.
This is a great piece of news. The hero who stood up against covid authoritarianism, Artur Pawlowski, won his freedom in court.
When we don't give up, good does sometimes triumph over evil, as long as it never gives up.
Every time one of these tech companies posts its financials, I have to step back and ask why they look the way they do.
What exactly is snapchat spending 1 billion dollars a year on? How many employees and servers do you really need to run a shitty little chat tool?
What exactly is snapchat spending 1 billion dollars a year on? How many employees and servers do you really need to run a shitty little chat tool?
Right? It's like -- go back to Norway, you damn Normans! You're not welcome here in England!
It's near perfect. Except for the lack of a headphone jack. Or a SD card slot. Or a removable battery. So it's far enough from perfect that it's not worth even considering.
That's a good point. I need to keep in mind that a shocking amount of our culture is directed by incredibly powerful and smart people who want to make sure their bread remains buttered.
It's been forever since I was on reddit since I don't have any use for a communications medium you can't communicate on, but last time I was there reddit gold just gave a few quality of life improvements for a month (Stuff like continuous scrolling on the mainpage), so every reddit gold you got was another month where those quality of life improvements were available to that user. Basically you can buy the premium features for yourself, or another person can tip you a month of the premium features.
Life where you just succeed at everything is a living death.
You get out there, you do what you think is the right thing, and sometimes you fail, but sometimes you succeed, and sometimes success takes a really long time and a lot of effort, but that's the only reason it's worth anything. Once the difficult task is done, reality is it's time to start looking at the horizon for the next goal, and you start striving again. That's life, if you're doing it right.
Then eventually you look back and go "Wow, I guess I did accomplish something, eh?" even though there's still so much beyond the horizon left to explore.
You get out there, you do what you think is the right thing, and sometimes you fail, but sometimes you succeed, and sometimes success takes a really long time and a lot of effort, but that's the only reason it's worth anything. Once the difficult task is done, reality is it's time to start looking at the horizon for the next goal, and you start striving again. That's life, if you're doing it right.
Then eventually you look back and go "Wow, I guess I did accomplish something, eh?" even though there's still so much beyond the horizon left to explore.
In the grand scheme of things, chopping things up by political party or by president or whatever is a great way of making sure nobody is responsible for anything.
I was watching a video about whether Biden was responsible for the inflation, and it made me realize how narrow a view you'd need to blame it all or not at all on him. It's a story going back at least to 1971 when Nixon ended gold convertibility and very much about the past 15 years since the great recession, and undoubtedly about the past 2 and a half years since the beginning of the pandemic, and it's about both political parties (and their counterparts around the world doing the same damn thing) because they've had basically the same policies in a lot of important ways.
But then you can just cut it off and go "Nope, new president last year, he's solely to blame" and move on to what you'll blame the next guy for...
I was watching a video about whether Biden was responsible for the inflation, and it made me realize how narrow a view you'd need to blame it all or not at all on him. It's a story going back at least to 1971 when Nixon ended gold convertibility and very much about the past 15 years since the great recession, and undoubtedly about the past 2 and a half years since the beginning of the pandemic, and it's about both political parties (and their counterparts around the world doing the same damn thing) because they've had basically the same policies in a lot of important ways.
But then you can just cut it off and go "Nope, new president last year, he's solely to blame" and move on to what you'll blame the next guy for...
"don't worry! The police are here to protect and serve, I'm sure they'll be right in and they won't do anything to stop help from arriving in a timely manner!"
If the west keeps on giving up on the so-called "rules-based order" they claim to care about, then they'll make it a lot easier.
"Oh, you said something we don't like this week, you can't use dollars anymore." Well that's that then, isn't it?
"Oh, you said something we don't like this week, you can't use dollars anymore." Well that's that then, isn't it?
One thing that's stupid about the Californication of the world is that some issues are unique to California.
Water, for example, isn't something that needs to be conserved in a lot of places. It's a renewable resource. Let's say I take a long shower. The water is drawn out of the lake, then I use it, then it goes to the sewage treatment plant, where it is made safe, then it is returned to the lake.
It's a good example of a problem I talk about a lot. You've got people freaking out about conserving a renewable resource, and mounting solar panels in places that are winter 9 months a year. This isn't helping, it's just making you feel better.
Water, for example, isn't something that needs to be conserved in a lot of places. It's a renewable resource. Let's say I take a long shower. The water is drawn out of the lake, then I use it, then it goes to the sewage treatment plant, where it is made safe, then it is returned to the lake.
It's a good example of a problem I talk about a lot. You've got people freaking out about conserving a renewable resource, and mounting solar panels in places that are winter 9 months a year. This isn't helping, it's just making you feel better.