Aint nobody gonna put their kids through an ivy league college on telling your fat kids to go for a walk!
OTOH if you just go to canada and use our newest procedure, college won't be a problem anymore 🤔
OTOH if you just go to canada and use our newest procedure, college won't be a problem anymore 🤔
Imagine if any of the gun owners had brought their guns! We sure are lucky that right wing authoritarians are catastrophically stupid and came with the intent to violently overthrow the government but didn't bring the one thing that might have let them do so.
Yeah, sort of like something like stackoverflow, it's a tool you can use if you know how to make use of it.
Definitely seems like it could reduce the cost of development, but at the cost of the number of software developers hired for different projects.
Of course, there's also the concern I have that an overreliance on AI could lead to a mass stagnation, since the AI doesn't actually create anything unique or insightful, it relies on previous work exclusively so if we have fewer humans driving the state of the art forward it might just find a spot and stay there...
Definitely seems like it could reduce the cost of development, but at the cost of the number of software developers hired for different projects.
Of course, there's also the concern I have that an overreliance on AI could lead to a mass stagnation, since the AI doesn't actually create anything unique or insightful, it relies on previous work exclusively so if we have fewer humans driving the state of the art forward it might just find a spot and stay there...
all the young people who aren't being born because europe's short-sighted policies are keeping a generation from being born might be drafted!
Cultural suicide at its finest
Cultural suicide at its finest
People falling over themselves to get into the upper class as the water rises on a sinking ship.
That's why they're acting like this, and they don't realize how transparent it is. The rest of us can see clearly how disingenuous they're being.
That's why they're acting like this, and they don't realize how transparent it is. The rest of us can see clearly how disingenuous they're being.
ngl, I was wrong about the war in Ukraine starting in 2022. I figured it was going to be another one of the long lines of things that turn out to be false that the powers that be dump upon us.
Since then, I have largely not cared. I see the powers that be blaming inflation on Putin because they think we're stupid (and they're right), but it's two powers that have nothing at all to do with me. I've seen an argument for opposing Russia in this conflict, but nobody has made that argument.
So is it going to end in 2023? I have absolutely no idea. The fog of war is so thick I don't have any idea what's going on in Ukraine, so for all I know there is no war in Ukraine and it's all an elaborate ruse concocted to explain why I can't find baby Tylenol anywhere.
Since then, I have largely not cared. I see the powers that be blaming inflation on Putin because they think we're stupid (and they're right), but it's two powers that have nothing at all to do with me. I've seen an argument for opposing Russia in this conflict, but nobody has made that argument.
So is it going to end in 2023? I have absolutely no idea. The fog of war is so thick I don't have any idea what's going on in Ukraine, so for all I know there is no war in Ukraine and it's all an elaborate ruse concocted to explain why I can't find baby Tylenol anywhere.
Humility is not cynicism. It's important to have the humility to recognise the many factors of our humanity. It is hubris to assume that we have transcended negative parts of our humanity, and people who claim to have done so are being deceptive, perhaps even with themselves.
Taking the long view of history, within every human neccessarily lies a light side and a dark side, because human beings are fragile, and the human race is fragile. All humans have one recent common ancestor called Mitochondrial Eve because humanity was driven to the edge of extinction at one point in history, and the brutal history that brought us near extinction many times forced humans to employ many strategies on an individual for the human race to survive.
Everyone who came before you had to survive, and the needed to reproduce. Anyone who didn't survive long enough had their bloodline ended, and anyone who didn't reproduce had their bloodline ended. There's a lot of stuff written into your blood that you don't even realize is there because it's ingrained into you by millions of years of our different ancestors who survived and reproduced being the ones who passed their genetics down, and both light and dark traits result.
Selfishness may sometimes be beneficial for an individual's own survival and reproduction, but it may also have negative consequences for others in the group. On the other hand, selflessness and cooperation can also be beneficial for the survival and reproduction of a group, but they may sometimes come at a cost to the individual. Aggression can be useful for defending oneself or one's group, but it can also be destructive if it leads to unnecessary conflicts. Cooperation can help individuals and groups work together to achieve common goals, but it can also lead to exploitation if not properly managed. Risk-taking can lead to new opportunities and innovations, but it can also be dangerous if it leads to reckless behavior. Short-term thinking can help individuals make quick decisions in times of danger, but it can also lead to neglect of long-term consequences. Long-term thinking can help individuals and groups plan for the future, but it can also lead to inaction in the present. All of these traits must exist in one person, and individuals and societies must find ways to balance them in order to achieve long-term success.
Making things more complicated is interplay between dark and light traits such that one can express positive traits for inherently selfish reasons. For example, by helping and protecting members of their own family, an individual is more likely to ensure the survival and reproduction of their own genes, which are shared with their family members. Similarly, by forming cooperative relationships with others and helping to protect and support the group, an individual can increase their own chances of survival and reproduction by being part of a stronger and more cohesive unit. In this way, selflessness can be seen as a strategy for promoting the individual's own long-term survival and reproduction, even though the immediate actions may not be directly focused on the individual's own interests. We've seen this in particular during this generation with "Nice Guy" syndrome, where an individual with motives that are from the darker side of the spectrum pretends to be a "nice guy" to get the rewards of access to sex, and when that reward isn't immediately apparent the true motives end up revealed.
You may support democracy today because you feel it adequetely represents your interests and values at this time, but I suspect you will become less supportive of it in the future if you feel that the system is not adequately representing your interests or values. For example, if the dominant ideology of society shifts in a direction that is opposed to your beliefs, you may feel that the democratic process is no longer serving your needs and may become less supportive of it as a result. As well, it's common to get frustrated by the limitations of democracy, such as the inability to pass desired policy changes, which often results in calls to streamline what is ultimately a messy system that works slowly.
You may not be aware, but a number of people who will preach all day about democracy have violated the law (Specifically the first amendment, this isn't related to alleged voting fraud) to swing elections in a direction they'd prefer. Their justification is that the people who won elections that they don't like are so evil that the rules must be bent to prevent them from winning, even if that win is legitimate.
tl;dr: Why do I keep doing this to myself? Stop writing Essays, SJ!
Taking the long view of history, within every human neccessarily lies a light side and a dark side, because human beings are fragile, and the human race is fragile. All humans have one recent common ancestor called Mitochondrial Eve because humanity was driven to the edge of extinction at one point in history, and the brutal history that brought us near extinction many times forced humans to employ many strategies on an individual for the human race to survive.
Everyone who came before you had to survive, and the needed to reproduce. Anyone who didn't survive long enough had their bloodline ended, and anyone who didn't reproduce had their bloodline ended. There's a lot of stuff written into your blood that you don't even realize is there because it's ingrained into you by millions of years of our different ancestors who survived and reproduced being the ones who passed their genetics down, and both light and dark traits result.
Selfishness may sometimes be beneficial for an individual's own survival and reproduction, but it may also have negative consequences for others in the group. On the other hand, selflessness and cooperation can also be beneficial for the survival and reproduction of a group, but they may sometimes come at a cost to the individual. Aggression can be useful for defending oneself or one's group, but it can also be destructive if it leads to unnecessary conflicts. Cooperation can help individuals and groups work together to achieve common goals, but it can also lead to exploitation if not properly managed. Risk-taking can lead to new opportunities and innovations, but it can also be dangerous if it leads to reckless behavior. Short-term thinking can help individuals make quick decisions in times of danger, but it can also lead to neglect of long-term consequences. Long-term thinking can help individuals and groups plan for the future, but it can also lead to inaction in the present. All of these traits must exist in one person, and individuals and societies must find ways to balance them in order to achieve long-term success.
Making things more complicated is interplay between dark and light traits such that one can express positive traits for inherently selfish reasons. For example, by helping and protecting members of their own family, an individual is more likely to ensure the survival and reproduction of their own genes, which are shared with their family members. Similarly, by forming cooperative relationships with others and helping to protect and support the group, an individual can increase their own chances of survival and reproduction by being part of a stronger and more cohesive unit. In this way, selflessness can be seen as a strategy for promoting the individual's own long-term survival and reproduction, even though the immediate actions may not be directly focused on the individual's own interests. We've seen this in particular during this generation with "Nice Guy" syndrome, where an individual with motives that are from the darker side of the spectrum pretends to be a "nice guy" to get the rewards of access to sex, and when that reward isn't immediately apparent the true motives end up revealed.
You may support democracy today because you feel it adequetely represents your interests and values at this time, but I suspect you will become less supportive of it in the future if you feel that the system is not adequately representing your interests or values. For example, if the dominant ideology of society shifts in a direction that is opposed to your beliefs, you may feel that the democratic process is no longer serving your needs and may become less supportive of it as a result. As well, it's common to get frustrated by the limitations of democracy, such as the inability to pass desired policy changes, which often results in calls to streamline what is ultimately a messy system that works slowly.
You may not be aware, but a number of people who will preach all day about democracy have violated the law (Specifically the first amendment, this isn't related to alleged voting fraud) to swing elections in a direction they'd prefer. Their justification is that the people who won elections that they don't like are so evil that the rules must be bent to prevent them from winning, even if that win is legitimate.
tl;dr: Why do I keep doing this to myself? Stop writing Essays, SJ!
If only people like you were in charge of the world, everything would just be so much better. Right?
Im not proving that there is a perfect all encompassing model of history, I'm proving the opposite. I'm proving my original point that you can't just blame one phenomenon for all the ills of the world, particularly a very recent phenomenon such as capitalism as an entire economic system.
I will say that if you think that there was ever a period in history where individuals didn't crave an advantage over others, put the textbook down and go be with people for a while, you've become disconnected from humanity.
I will say that if you think that there was ever a period in history where individuals didn't crave an advantage over others, put the textbook down and go be with people for a while, you've become disconnected from humanity.
Women don't know what they actually want consciously, just as men don't. They know what they like when they see it, and sometimes it's not what they expect.
Everyone is going to lose if the society tells kids first that it's not worth finding a spouse, second that it's morally wrong to better yourself to become worthy of being someone's spouse, and third that it's morally wrong to expect someone to become better to become worthy of being your spouse.
And that's exactly what we tell kids today.
And that's exactly what we tell kids today.
Even though the governments want to pretend it isn't the case, there was a recession in the US in 2022, and there's likely to be another one in 2023.
If there isn't, that'll be really interesting... It could indicate to me that the real economy is growing even while the financial economy is crashing. Could be really good for people who live and work in the real world.
I just don't see it happening, though.
If there isn't, that'll be really interesting... It could indicate to me that the real economy is growing even while the financial economy is crashing. Could be really good for people who live and work in the real world.
I just don't see it happening, though.
I still find it really funny that when you've got jaundice, the solution to being yellow is blue.
To who?
My feelings matter the most to me, followed by my son's, then my wife's, then from there it's a collage of how much someone's feelings matter to me, not just depending on who it is, but what those feelings are.
On the other hand, I don't expect my feelings to matter a whole lot at all to a dung farmer in Africa.
Now, once you take the observer out of the equation, do everyone's feelings matter equally? Yes, but only insofar as they are all equally worthless.
My feelings matter the most to me, followed by my son's, then my wife's, then from there it's a collage of how much someone's feelings matter to me, not just depending on who it is, but what those feelings are.
On the other hand, I don't expect my feelings to matter a whole lot at all to a dung farmer in Africa.
Now, once you take the observer out of the equation, do everyone's feelings matter equally? Yes, but only insofar as they are all equally worthless.
We're in a really scary era where a lot of people who have never been told about medical ethics are implementing things that violate medical ethics.
It lets you advance quickly technologically, no doubt, but as you've pointed out it can result in a lot of things we find out later caused catastrophic problems for people that can never be made right.
It lets you advance quickly technologically, no doubt, but as you've pointed out it can result in a lot of things we find out later caused catastrophic problems for people that can never be made right.