Exactly right. A slow down to enable deeper work on alignment is welcome, not matter what the motivations.
Among the list of countries which supply arms to Israel are UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, India, Italy, Taiwan, Romania and a few others. The US is not unique in this by any means.
Exactly. Decades of pax americana has lulled people into a view that the rest of the world are pacifists who will get along just fine but for the US.
There was more corporate and billionaire backing and donations to the Democrats than the Republicans. Also, studies have shown that the power of money in elections is overestimated. Money tends to go for the viable…
That may be partly true, but in recent times, most western countries participated in wars like Afganistan and Iraq, and provided logistical or other support during the current Iran war.
Should companies not participate in contracts from their country's defense department? Or is the argument that it's only US companies which shouldn't, because the US is uniquely evil?
The kind of problems you're describing certainly don't sound like things you should "pick up a weapon and give up your life" for, so this doesn't seem to add an argument in favour of "revolution".
I agree we should all be fighting to keep what we have, which is pretty good. But that sounds like the opposite of a revolution to me.
If everyone is so comfortable, what do we need a revolution for? Wasn't that the goal of civilization? If someone doesn't like civilization, why try to bring it down? There's plenty of places on earth you can go to live…
The article is suggesting that there was an assumed dynamic in designing these mechanisms for petitions and claims - that there is a threshold of cost (time and effort, mostly) that the petitioner is willing to pay for…
It's just that the universe is ordered, and math is the study of order.
As you move up levels starting from physics (eg. physics-> chemistry-> biochemistry-> biology), each layer has several "laws" which are generally pretty established, but a causal connection between the layers is hard to…
I think he makes two points: - This change of what used be a functional object into a brand was done to appeal to one-upmanship (my watch is more expensive than yours) rather than the aesthetic urge which drives…
What are these contradictions and hypocrisies? Maybe I'm just old, but I've never understood the angst younger people seem to have these days.
> People feel hopeless, and powerless. Some people, I guess. Looks like more than half the people approve of what he's doing. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/trump-approva...
The effect of the shifting is minor. China's exports (to all countries, not just the US) make only a small difference to their emissions growth. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/production-vs-consumption...
There were more wars and disasters before capitalism, not fewer. In recent times, both wars and fatal disasters have dropped drastically.
Whether or not degrowth can be made to work, what this guy is talking about is fantasy. For example: ...That creates some pressure on planetary boundaries. So that means that the Global North needs to consciously degrow…
A core element of socialism is that all industries and natural resources are state-owned. European countries are capitalist, not socialist, and got where they are by being so.
There are several fundamental differences between a democracy in a nation and one at a workplace: - Someone owns the workplace. No citizen owns the nation. - If you don't like a workplace, you can switch to another, or…
Yes, they actually run at near main-line speeds in the UK (60-80mph). Riding one of those at that speed (particularly at night) must be an awesome experience.
This may sound crude, but I think is pretty close to reality. This is Indian activists trying to muscle in on the massive DEI industry in the US, from which they are currently excluded. There is zero evidence that caste…
If it was "the slickest con artist of all time", that would be an achivement of Artificial General Intelligence that the AI community can only dream of.
That because of about 1500 years of strict endogamy. It's only in very recent times that inter-caste marriages have become more common.
What Pirsig said about the analytic knife is philosophy.
Exactly right. A slow down to enable deeper work on alignment is welcome, not matter what the motivations.
Among the list of countries which supply arms to Israel are UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, India, Italy, Taiwan, Romania and a few others. The US is not unique in this by any means.
Exactly. Decades of pax americana has lulled people into a view that the rest of the world are pacifists who will get along just fine but for the US.
There was more corporate and billionaire backing and donations to the Democrats than the Republicans. Also, studies have shown that the power of money in elections is overestimated. Money tends to go for the viable…
That may be partly true, but in recent times, most western countries participated in wars like Afganistan and Iraq, and provided logistical or other support during the current Iran war.
Should companies not participate in contracts from their country's defense department? Or is the argument that it's only US companies which shouldn't, because the US is uniquely evil?
The kind of problems you're describing certainly don't sound like things you should "pick up a weapon and give up your life" for, so this doesn't seem to add an argument in favour of "revolution".
I agree we should all be fighting to keep what we have, which is pretty good. But that sounds like the opposite of a revolution to me.
If everyone is so comfortable, what do we need a revolution for? Wasn't that the goal of civilization? If someone doesn't like civilization, why try to bring it down? There's plenty of places on earth you can go to live…
The article is suggesting that there was an assumed dynamic in designing these mechanisms for petitions and claims - that there is a threshold of cost (time and effort, mostly) that the petitioner is willing to pay for…
It's just that the universe is ordered, and math is the study of order.
As you move up levels starting from physics (eg. physics-> chemistry-> biochemistry-> biology), each layer has several "laws" which are generally pretty established, but a causal connection between the layers is hard to…
I think he makes two points: - This change of what used be a functional object into a brand was done to appeal to one-upmanship (my watch is more expensive than yours) rather than the aesthetic urge which drives…
What are these contradictions and hypocrisies? Maybe I'm just old, but I've never understood the angst younger people seem to have these days.
> People feel hopeless, and powerless. Some people, I guess. Looks like more than half the people approve of what he's doing. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/trump-approva...
The effect of the shifting is minor. China's exports (to all countries, not just the US) make only a small difference to their emissions growth. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/production-vs-consumption...
There were more wars and disasters before capitalism, not fewer. In recent times, both wars and fatal disasters have dropped drastically.
Whether or not degrowth can be made to work, what this guy is talking about is fantasy. For example: ...That creates some pressure on planetary boundaries. So that means that the Global North needs to consciously degrow…
A core element of socialism is that all industries and natural resources are state-owned. European countries are capitalist, not socialist, and got where they are by being so.
There are several fundamental differences between a democracy in a nation and one at a workplace: - Someone owns the workplace. No citizen owns the nation. - If you don't like a workplace, you can switch to another, or…
Yes, they actually run at near main-line speeds in the UK (60-80mph). Riding one of those at that speed (particularly at night) must be an awesome experience.
This may sound crude, but I think is pretty close to reality. This is Indian activists trying to muscle in on the massive DEI industry in the US, from which they are currently excluded. There is zero evidence that caste…
If it was "the slickest con artist of all time", that would be an achivement of Artificial General Intelligence that the AI community can only dream of.
That because of about 1500 years of strict endogamy. It's only in very recent times that inter-caste marriages have become more common.
What Pirsig said about the analytic knife is philosophy.