Ok, thanks guys for the behind-the-scenes story. Appreciate your responses. Still think having suspensions as an option might be helpful sometimes. Ju...
I will agree with Jess’s idea above that maybe a suspension is a more apt response than banning. Don’t know if that has even been done before, though ...
To sidestep the AI aspect of the OP for now, as well as the (possible) ticking time bomb of climate change and overpopulation... Whenever I think of T...
Wow, didn’t know that. Very sorry to hear the news. His thoughtful, theoretical, metaphysical posts will be missed. He added class to this fine forum,...
After much thought, I’ve determined that I’m pizza-pan sexual. Any variety or style of pizza is simply irresistible. Anchovies, broccoli, and goat che...
Random comments on news and such... Alex Jones’s passion and criticism of Trump might be admirable, but one wonders if he has a paramedic standing by ...
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. More and more, i am tending to think that the problems concerning jobs and the problems we have concerning the abuse/...
That is the billion dollar (and billion person) question. Well, whatever the answer might be, it would take some time to implement and take effect. We...
:up: Ah yes, “the original affluent society”. Good stuff, thanks for sharing! Beginning over two million years ago with homo habilis, humans have done...
:up: Excellent points all, thank you for detailing a feasible scenario where UBI could come to pass and help many people. Logically and circumstantial...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ofVa5ob2mT0 Timely and relevant version of a groovy and powerful song. U2 stole the hook from Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold...
A universe basic income, or a public works program ala FDR, or some combination or the two, makes supreme sense to seriously consider. It would lift m...
Thank you for sharing this excellent post. Carl Jung would approve, methinks! We as humans, as mammals, will always have preferences and balance point...
How would one relate the topic at hand to the E-Prime “language”? Seems to be a parallel with E-Prime generally dispensing with the intransitive verb ...
(Not directly related to the OP, but hopefully relevant.) I have been wondering lately about the effects that cryptocurrency might potentially have on...
Thanks for sharing your experiences here. Good point. Maybe kinda like not wanting to see sausage being made. And it’s probably better not to think ab...
Yes, violence unfortunately often accompanies revolution. This is something to be avoided as much as humanly possible. If one can see one’s opponent a...
:grin: I’ll even write a blurb for the book, if you’d like: “I laughed, I cried, and my chair needs to be dried. Couldn’t stop myself, though I really...
Ahh... well that’s the tricky part, isn’t it? The devil hides in the details. I’d imagine that there would have to be many different approaches, comin...
Thanks for your posts here. Good stuff as usual. In fact, you could probably just go through your post history, collect the best of them, and have a d...
Somehow, when it comes to the major issues that we face (like the question of work), i usually arrive at the conclusion that modernity/civilization ha...
The theory of energy flow put forth in the chakra system is relevant here, as you probably know. It is not quite the mysterious secret in Western civi...
I subscribed to Quietism for a few years. Then they raised the price by $20 a year, while going from a weekly issue to a monthly one. Too many perfume...
(Sorry for the zombie undead thread. Flipped a coin about starting a new one.) Relevant and interesting article from Aeon site linked below for your e...
Looking to the (so-called) natural, biological world for some sort of inspiration or grounding concerning human affairs is a traditional, if perhaps c...
Excellent, thank you. That is what I was guessing, but just wanted to be sure. Though I am not so extremely busy that it's impossible to type out "by ...
Well, it's difficult to feel too academic and serious with all these text-like emojis: X-) 8-) (L) :-$ :-d ;) Can we get some more philosophical smili...
Yes, that does seem to be the grim scenario. I honestly don't know if the average Iraqi citizen is happier/ better off now than they were ten years ag...
Ok... a fine and blessed day to you as well. It is completely fine not to discuss this. FWIW, I can only stand to think about it for short periods of ...
But he was a relative amateur, as evil and corrupt as he was. He was taking his good old time and lacked focus. He wasted too much time cultivating hi...
It is very tempting to play military strategist like retired generals do on CNN. But that frames the entire situation as an NFL football game or somet...
Ahhh... it might be fun though! Give feedback without starting a riot. Since we can't have 9 different fonts and 17 text colors... X-) (Of course it w...
Or that a particular approach might be barking up the wrong tree. (There might be an upside to some small anonymous feedback.) But then again... there...
Lol! Exactly. Some more button possibilities: "WTFudge?", "Tl;DR", "Pure Genius!", "Could you dumb it down a shade, please?", "meh... ", "Thems fighti...
(Y) Yes, that is well said. Thank you. As I mentioned, "objecting to tone" may be a type of red herring fallacy (as listed here: These descriptions of...
In matters that might be labeled "sexist", I would propose that the tone, manner, and attitude have as much as an effect- if not more- than any partic...
Well true, there was some "I know you are, but what am I?!" and "nyah nyah nyah!" going on, but I think it it a valid (if not important) topic. Even w...
In matters that might be labeled "sexist", I would propose that the tone, manner, and attitude have as much as an effect- if not more- than any partic...
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