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It wasn't very filling, though, was it?

Interesting, thanks.

It wasn't supposed to be. They're charged with ruling based on the constitution.

He didn't talk much about virtue. His focus was on love and forgiveness.

What is this kind of idealism called?

Descartes thought the world plucks the little strings that are attached to the brain (nerves, discovered by dissection of cadavers). Wouldn't he say w...

That was meant light heartedly. Where's the light hearted emoji?

No, I'm good. https://youtu.be/Xggvz30l3Ao

That's ok. It's still all vanity.

I was thinking about that. Life as a kind of art. Mine hasn't been too graceful lately, but it's authentic. All the world's a stage.

On second look, no.

You're just craft snobs

Exxon says every new passenger car sold in 2040 will be electric . This doesn't exactly address climate change because it just means a heavier load on...

I think you're over estimating Trump's interest in anything beyond his own glory. He noted that Putin gave assistance to his campaign and thought that...

You have no choice

:gasp:

I'm not there.

I see what you mean Right.

If your point is that American pandemic payouts have now devalued the dollar, I don't think it works that way.

Not to me, but I know that's the answer that some come to. Brian Green said he went into physics because he came across Camus, I think, as a young per...

As long as you aren't lying to yourself. Some things you have to face and deal with.

I think you agreed with what I just said. Right now the world is choosing to use the dollar. The perception of political stability is probably one rea...

That's not controlled by the US, though. The whole global economy is doing that, much of it by the will of the Chinese. It's all integrated.

I agree. Embracing pointlessness brings your attention into the pointless Now. A person might be resistant to doing that if the Now is a painful waste...

I see. Being less dependent on AC would require more social integration, or socialized medicine.

No offense, but I was looking for the thoughts of people who are familiar with this particular issue.

A lot of Americans feel the same way. 'Let it all go up in flames and start over, or not even that, just let it all be ended'. It's the nihilism @"Oli...

I'll put you down for "I don't understand the question."

Physicists arrive at the same question. What are strings constructed from? Apparently at some point you're supposed to stop asking.

Do older people have a harder time dealing with heat? Just wondering. I think we would all adapt pretty quickly if air conditioning disappeared. It's ...

Joe Manchin isn't looking so stupid all of the sudden.

Self awareness is sometimes accompanied by pain, physically or emotionally. Maybe the first step is to deal with those things?

In the 1970s the Fed raised rates, tanked the economy, then lowered them again, probably due to political pressure. That's supposed to be one of the f...

I wonder if it will take a decade to recover from it like last time.

“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”(C) 3 What do people gain from all their labors at whic...

Fine. Have it your way.

That it's all for nothing.

I just meant they borrow it, they don't print it. Maybe that's not an important distinction? I think American banks have always been the primary lende...

I just don't know you, man. I have no stake in what you think about Russia's military practices. Think whatever you please.

:yawn:

Read the news. 90% of the buildings in Sievierodonetsk have been destroyed by the Russians.

Could you expand?

Fascinating read. I was just thinking the other day that a group of Americans is presently prepared at a moment's notice to bomb Russia to dust while ...

Gotcha

Do you see passion as a kind of distraction? Or is it something different?

Do we put "passion" in a different category from distraction?

I don't think the US government prints a lot of extra money. They sell treasury bonds to pay for things like the COVID response. The Fed was slow to r...

Pundits have commented that wholesale destruction is what they did in Syria. It's the only thing that works for them. NATO wouldn't engage Russia in a...

True. Marijuana is more of a benign cottage industry though. No gangs necessary.

The Baltic states are NATO members but NATO isn't committed to defending them?