When I see someone claiming they'll save the world through social media posts, I always think of a paraphrase from my first book: "They want to save the world, they can't even save themselves"
I put way more effort into my posts than any of these idiots, and I actually make intellectual progress through my work, unlike any of these idiots. You'll routinely see me building on previous ideas I came up with or I investigated from others, and so as time goes on I'm different and my posts are different than they were before.
But am I saving the world? No. Not in the least. My hope isn't to change the world, it's to try to better myself and hopefully contribute to those who are around me in the process. If I can do that, that's enough because it's all I can actually ask for.
I put way more effort into my posts than any of these idiots, and I actually make intellectual progress through my work, unlike any of these idiots. You'll routinely see me building on previous ideas I came up with or I investigated from others, and so as time goes on I'm different and my posts are different than they were before.
But am I saving the world? No. Not in the least. My hope isn't to change the world, it's to try to better myself and hopefully contribute to those who are around me in the process. If I can do that, that's enough because it's all I can actually ask for.
I don't know man.
Hard to tell who's who over there.
Are they not supporting these same people to destabilize Syria?
Hard to tell who's who over there.
Are they not supporting these same people to destabilize Syria?
> if not authorized, HS would be all over it
Hmm.. are you suggesting the gov would never do something nefarious and authorized?
Hmm.. are you suggesting the gov would never do something nefarious and authorized?
> I'm leaning more to them being authorized objects, than anything nefarious.
Why not both? 🤷♂️
Why not both? 🤷♂️
Sane people understand how bad social media and screen time is for children, but even many of those same people haven't come to terms with how adults are affected by social media, screens, apps, etc.
> Those who design sports betting apps have created algorithms of addiction
> Those who design sports betting apps have created algorithms of addiction
https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/p/faith-and-family-are-keys-to-resisting
> individualism often led people to focus solely on their own lives and interests, leaving them indifferent to the well-being of their neighbors and their communities. This lack of civic engagement, he argued, made it easier for despots to establish tyrannical rule. A despot thrives on individual apathy and the absence of civic virtue.
> individualism often led people to focus solely on their own lives and interests, leaving them indifferent to the well-being of their neighbors and their communities. This lack of civic engagement, he argued, made it easier for despots to establish tyrannical rule. A despot thrives on individual apathy and the absence of civic virtue.
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire."
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
> individualism often led people to focus solely on their own lives and interests, leaving them indifferent to the well-being of their neighbors and their communities. This lack of civic engagement, he argued, made it easier for despots to establish tyrannical rule.
#Libertarianism
#Libertarianism
An actual global conflict is more likely to rely on $100 drones than a $1 trillion fighter program.
Every time people judge a middle eastern leader for being a bad guy, they take that leader out and it turns out the bad guy was actually holding back an even worse guy.