I don’t think E-corps are structured similarly, that is if they are using a scientific method to discern their policies it’s towards the end goal of increasing profits and market dominance more so than human and environmental wellbeing. So you may be right in one aspect but the target is totally different.
Lol it’s probably been about as long for me since I read it. That sounds about right. It’s a good analogy though.
It’s more like sugar tea but yes.
It’s just generally beneficial to be aware. Besides that, if you are interacting with someone who is bigoted in some way it’s useful to determine which type they are. If they are just sold to the narrative then it’s easier to open up their mind. If they are aware it’s bullshit that just benefits them then it’s pretty difficult.
I used to use WebKit based browsers like w3m and terminal based browsers like lynx. Also used a lot of terminal based apps for things, not really for security but because my netbooks single core atom chip sucked. I noticed though that I essentially avoided cookies, ads, and trackers by accident. I’ve been thinking of going back to a thermal based life. Now I’m wondering if there are terminal based apps for Lemmy and mastadon.
This is almost as tragic and horrific as Obama’s tan suit incident. It is a day that will live in infamy.
Why don’t we structure our political systems around the scientific method? That is all of the policies are testable and the goal is the optimization of the HDI, GDPPP, and environmental impact. Why employ policies based on beliefs or feelings when we can just test them.
Exactly. I’m thinking about a Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series.
You’re not wrong but maybe not completely right. Someone has thought the world was about to end since at least the beginning of recorded history. Famously the first Pope Saint Peter was strongly convinced the rapture was within his lifetime, 1960 years later, the world is still spinning.
Terrorism is mostly a scam to justify a lot of things sane and informed citizens would never support.
Those in power want to maintain power which is much easier if the people are divided, particularly on subjects not involving the people in power.
Would be a shame if it was a gasoline vehicle. A real apocalypse vehicle has no computer aka is impervious to an EMP and can run on many types of fuel, including cooking oil, paint thinner, kerosene, and so on. Now something like that will legitimately get you through the apocalypse. Even better if you can mechanically start the vehicle so it doesn’t need a battery.
I kinda miss grocery stores. Where I stay now there isn’t a single store like that, just many small shops. You get used to things maybe being there, maybe not.
There are a few forms or levels of racism. There are people who really believe the narrative, some who question some of it, and others who are aware it’s bullshit but accept it because it benefits them or going against the narrative could be harmful for themselves. In short humans will craft whatever story they need to justify behavior they want without any concerns for logical consistency. You can see this behavior in racism now and of course many other aspects of society and human behavior. Humans are storytellers, more so than logical beings.
Funny enough Benjamin Franklin has a short story on this. He as a vegetarian was lamenting his compatriots catching, killing, and cooking fish, listing all the reasons it’s immoral until he begins to smell the delicious fish and then starts writing about how maybe it’s not so bad, is fine, is even his god given right to eat the fish. The moral being humans can and will justify whatever they want to do. Also I’m aware of his own connection to slavery and inhumane practices.
But the royals reference him more than normal? If so then we definitely might have something in common.
Do they reference the stand-up comedian George Carlin a lot?
Is it just normos or everyone including the non-normos?
I wonder if there’s a way to balance it so there’s some care but not too much or too little generally. A lot of things about life seem to be a balance and not absolutes.
Seems more like a placeholder. I think George Carlin got it right in his stand-up, you don’t need a secret society when multiple individuals desires naturally converge. Wealth and power typically dissipates after a few generations so for a family to stay wealthy and powerful drastic measures must be taken. So if you have a wealthy family who has substantial control over media and one over political processes and another over manufacturing or refining their goals to maintain wealth and power naturally align without any rituals needed.
Most likely. I think we’ve lost the plot globally. Society was meant to increase the quality of life of humans. In the origin when a society or more so a town failed to benefit people could just transition back into hunter gatherers and leave.
I think the other part of this is we don’t need to be beholden to a political philosophy devised by people who were essentially unconcerned by the scientific method or not even aware of it in their time. That is it really doesn’t matter if a policy is quote unquote socialist or capitalist or anything if it measurably optimizes the HDI, GDPPP, and environmental impact better than another policy. A lot of this political philosophical infighting seems more like a divide and conquer tactic than people collectively working towards a more fruitful society. I think we can step back from myopic world views and embrace a multimodal system that’s a little of whatever literally works the best.