FrankWilhoit

But the whole point is that human dignity is a trap. You should be fine with that.

When C19 Popes addressed the spiritual implications of the steam engine, it was with the utmost obliqueness, and in the context of the foundational principle that material conditions are the things that one must transcend for the sake of one's spiritual integrity.

The fact that the steam engine totally redefined work, and human dignity along with it, was suppressed in favor of an attempt to preserve the status quo at all costs.

That attempt directly caused all of the wars and revolutions of the Long 19th and 20th Centuries, the total cost of which, tangible and psychic, may yet turn out to have been unsurvivable for the species.

Here we have Pope Leo XIV not repeating his predecessors' mistakes; but the pressure upon him to repeat them is only barely getting underway.

Whose idea was this? Not very "business-friendly". Of course that is why it is the right thing to do, but it is out of character for this lot.

False choice. The actual choices are two: 1. between capitalism and the rule of law 2. between technology and tradition

I wasn't only taking about drugs.

Luce wept.

Is there an argument that anything whose workings are not understood should not be on the market?

The right ideas. Not optimized for reallocation. Creates pressure to overload types, making secure software unattainable.

Latency.

Disaggregate statistics in order to disaggregate policy. Aggregated statistics are meaningless, and aggregated policy cannot work.

No inspections. Only bribe. That's where we're heading, even if we may not quite be there yet.

Trump's moral squalor is a pale and fading shadow of America's moral squalor.

The necessary copyright reforms are two: (1) no assignment, and (2) public domain upon death or cessation of exploitation.

"...extreme measures, such as local curfews...."

The fcck? Amritsar was an example of extreme measures. A curfew is nothing.

All they have to do is wait a year.