ensignro2340
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Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
To piggyback this a bit: I highly recommend YouTuber Shaun’s videos on this topic
[Stefan Molyneux’s Fall of Rome - A Response] (https://youtu.be/BHW3Y_p2llo)
[Immigration and the Fall of Rome] (https://youtu.be/WqCCx4wj79o)
Comment · 7 years ago
While I’ll agree he never uses the phrase “arms race”, he does say this:
>The growth of advertising is fueled by the enormous waste it creates. In any somewhat saturated market - which, today, is most of them - any effort you spent on advertising serves primarily to counteract the combined advertising efforts of your competitors.
Comment · 7 years ago
Wisconsin is in the US so US laws and regulations are what apply. Moreover it seems Europe also has similar legislation/protections for people with disabilities. This is equality. No bending necessary.
Comment · 7 years ago
Omg dude read about the ADA. You seem to have a deep misunderstand of things in the U.S.
Comment · 7 years ago
C0nc0rdance has a pretty good video about this: https://youtu.be/dDA0skyptuo
I never really thought about the possible harm, but the above video is great. It’s originally from a Sam Harris essay.
Comment · 7 years ago
I didn’t expect to agree with this post. Glad I took the time to read it, as he has a very good point.
Comment · 7 years ago
Did we read the same article?
You’re implying the article casts doubt on DHA supplement bioavailability. It doesn’t. It casts doubt on any notion some vegans/vegetarians may have that simply eating seaweed in their diet is enough, because there’s doubt on its bioavailability in that form (she even points to fiber as possibly being part of the problem).
Comment · 7 years ago
lmao that’s was my reaction. I’ve been taking DHA supplements and eating a plant-based diet for over a decade. I thought the article might expose some skeezy marketing ploys on the part of BigVitamin, that I had been buying into all along, but alas.
Comment · 8 years ago
Wow. TIL. Thanks for this comment even though people are downvoting you into oblivion.
Although the concept has existed for centuries, the term "meritocracy" is relatively new. It was used pejoratively by British politician and sociologist Michael Young in his 1958 satirical essay[2][12][13][14][15] The Rise of the Meritocracy, which pictured the United Kingdom under the rule of a government favouring intelligence and aptitude (merit) above all else, ... In this book the term had distinctly negative connotations as Young questioned both the legitimacy of the selection process used to become a member of this elite and the outcomes of being ruled by such a narrowly defined group. The essay, written in the first person by a fictional historical narrator in 2034, interweaves history from the politics of pre- and post-war Britain with those of fictional future events in the short (1960 onward) and long term (2020 onward).[17]
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[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy#Etymology
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy
(wiki's)
[2] Young, Michael (1958). The rise of the meritocracy, 1870-2033: An essay on education and inequality. London: Thames & Hudson.
[12] Young, Michael (29 June 2001). "Down with meritocracy: The man who coined the word four decades ago wishes Tony Blair would stop using it". The Guardian. London.
[13] Ford, Boris (1992). The Cambridge cultural history of Britain. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-521-42889-7.
[14] Ford, Boris (1992). The Cambridge cultural history of Britain. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-521-42889-7.
[15] Best, Shaun (2005). Understanding Social Divisions. London: Sage. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7619-4296-2.
[17] Young, Michael (1958). p. 11.
Comment · 8 years ago
> I thought that the current consensus was that races don't really exist.
Races do not exist biologically[0][1], but they do 'exist' as a social construct[2][3][4]. And I second your second sentence :)
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKrGkgeww4&index=4&list=PLy...
[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-is-a-social-...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism
[3] https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/what-we...
[4] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/without-prejudice/20...
Comment · 8 years ago
I'm using uMatrix, so I didn't even notice. At least it's relatively easy to get around the modal and read the interview?
Comment · 8 years ago
Your first 3 links are all referencing the same University of Minnesota study. Your last link seems to be based on the writer’s observations (I did not find it linking or mentioning any study). I’m not even disagreeing with the fact that some emojis can be misunderstood (especially cross-culturally and when they are displayed very differently on devices) but you can’t just link 3 news stories covering the same study as if you’ve found a mountain of evidence to support your claims.
Comment · 8 years ago
I think Nixon and Reagan’s push for “tough on crime” policy (policy that went on to be pushed further by HW Bush, Clinton, and W Bush)also played a large role. But it definitely got worse after 9/11.
Comment · 8 years ago
This so much! As I've been watching people freak out over FB, I've been wondering - if people didn't even bother to read the pop-up, bulleted lists of information they were sharing with the apps they were connecting to FB, then how are they gonna feel about the similar, bulleted lists of information they're sharing with browser extensions? I mean, I assume they don't read those either.
[for the record, I know there are other issues w/ FB, but A LOT of the fallout seems to be related to the apps users were connecting to their profiles.]
I love this about ddg. I watch to a lot of YouTube videos, and being able to just type “!yt search terms” is just too useful.