jobposter1234

The fear is that it happens at a subconscious level. Most people have subtle (latent) biases against disadvantaged groups.

A perfectly awesome to work at company might be doing this out of ignorance, not because they would be a bad place for OP to work.

I feel you are collapsing societal-scope with individual-scope.

Individuals choose whether or not to get pregnant when a man ejaculates inside a woman without protection. If you wish to do that, and bear the fetus to term, I do not wish to pay for your decision.

Individuals should bear the burden of their own decisions, not me.

Holy hyperbole, Batman! When did we go from my original statement, "I'm sure it's not shameful. It might bug you, but I don't see it as something worthy of shame" into the utter annihilation of humanity, and me as a bad person for wanting that?

It's kind of weird that humanity has managed to procreate without extended, government-funded maternity leave up to this point, isn't it?

(I'd also like to mention this discussion is scoped to US Governmental legislation, NOT the debate over humanity's continued existence.)

My original point was that it's not shameful to not provide this entitlement. Somehow we managed to go completely off the rails into zero-population Armageddon.

I would also ask that you tone down the rhetoric, personal attacks, and broad generalizations for the sake of civility.

Keep voting as a bloc and hope the music doesn't stop during their lifetime?

While I know you are being sarcastic, I have a serious question: do you believe that choice should enter the equation?

No choice in getting old, or ill, or injured. But people (Americans) sure have a choice in getting pregnant.

It's one thing for an insurance company to operate in that manner, it's another for the government to do so.

People have a choice whether to procreate. I should either be allowed to participate in that choice, or be removed from the financial consequences.

I'm sure it's not shameful. It might bug you, but I don't see it as something worthy of shame.

I do not have kids, do not plan to have kids, so I'm not sure why I should pay for someone else's decisions to create life. Whenever someone goes on family leave, other people who were not involved with that decision have to pick up the slack.

Now, maybe if I could take paid (or unpaid) leave-of-my-discretion as an alternative, I'd be okay with it. Otherwise, it feels like federal level discrimination against unmarried, child-less, individuals.

Lack of direct and corroborating evidence. Lack of specificity.

IE, a very common historical bias: if it's not written down, it didn't happen.

(FWIW this is a very difficult problem that I do not claim to be an expert in, but I think that's the answer to your question, unless I missed it...)

> We're just not wired for enough internal access to look at how our own minds work.

How can you justify saying this, given we (as a species) are less than 100 years into the exploration of our own minds? At best, you could argue that we do not yet have the vocabulary to argue how our minds work. It's a bit early to suggest we "are not wired" to understand our own cognition.

What is Servo?

The "academic internet" wasn't nearly as impressive as today's internet.

I am (un?)fortunate to have my first memories around the time of the first private networks being connected to the internet (late 80s).

Back then, the internet was run by academics.

It wasn't until the 2nd or 3rd round of commercialization efforts that it really became compelling.

So the structure of the internet is because of the academic beginnings, but the actual content (data, apps, etc.) are IMO b/c of desire to acquire wealth.

This is a power law distribution, and it's very common in human-created (artificial) measurements. It's difficult to avoid this situation without introducing unforeseen consequences.

Why is it garbage? It seems to me that most programmers who care about their craft would make a halfway decent UI by default.

I believe that interfaces end up the way they do for a reason. I'm curious what the reason is for healthcare -- is it a disconnect between stakeholders in the design stage? Lack of budget?

I'm hoping you can help me learn beyond the "design by committee" or other cliches. or at least understand those cliches in a medical setting.