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Comment · 1 month ago
Potentially, all of them.

If someone steals my identity, and puts me in a position where "I" owe money that I didn't borrow, NONE of that money paid back will come from my pocket.

The government can figure out who should owe it, but it sure as hell isn't me.

I think in the same way part of our paycheck goes to federal taxes, part of our paycheck should go towards funding an insurance for the financial impacts these sorts of events, commensurate with the total compensation of a person, and adjusted each year for the growth of any stocks granted to that person.

I'm sure there are edge cases and operational details that need to be figured out with that idea, but at the end of the day if a company is directly or indirectly responsible for awful things, the executive and senior leadership should feel the impact more than others, financially and/or criminally.

Comment · 4 months ago
We're supposed to read the article?

How are we supposed to stay skeptical of everything if we read anything!?

Comment · 6 months ago
It's ok that there are things you don't understand in the world. It's just as valid for them to exist, as it is you are upset about it.

Even if aqua is neither more green or more blue, wouldn't it be interesting if when given the choice, the outcome leans toward green or blue to a statistically significant degree? or perhaps that there are differences in how it's perceived based on measurable factors like geography, wealth, height, weight, etc?

Collecting data is how we learn, and discover new things. Even if it seems dumb to you.

Comment · 6 months ago
I'm sorry... people think that the problem with, a school shooting, is camera placement?

Something, something, forest, trees.

Comment · 7 months ago
That word "Interconnected" is very important. As it's not an age thing, since many young folks may still think this way. It's an education thing. Uneducated/unconnected people are unable to appropriately interpret the world and the events that happen within it as they have not learned about or experienced similar situations and their outcomes/consequences.

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