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Thanks, sorry I missed this. Talking about this is new to me. I will get my sea legs. I think there is some Canadian Aboriginal context that I need to do better explaining. Like vo…

I argued for parallel development, not necessarily imitation. Though methodology does not exist in a vacuum, but parallel development does occur. So what if I was making that argum…

The Breakfast Club. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breakfast_Club

Abraham Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

Red River Metis here. We look white to dark... but we have a very similar history of generational abuse by the Canadian government. If anyone has read April Rain Tree. Well that wa…

I am always happy to see the Métis represented on an American site. Thanks my friend, most people don't know much about us. Seriously though, I am not sure that returning to a phil…

Part of the real issue is identity politics and the black box thinking it generated. Rethorical devices would still maintain the greatest power. You don't need information just con…

It is not. There is an association with ambitious and grandiose in general language at times. I think it is related to whole 'the meek shall inherent earth' way of thinking. Which …

This is what I mean by ambition. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ambition

Option three. Irrational emotional rejection :-)

Not really. Ambition is like a bottle for your consciousness. It is the container. As your ambitions expands so does your mind. If your ambition is to troll someone, that is your m…

My dear beautiful downvoters did you disagree or not understand?

Status is attention. If enough people stare at a fool he will be convinced he is king. There are dollars in spectacle but in the end twitter, fb, reddit or HN are inferior tools be…

The design here is flawed. It is insane to expect anything different then what it is. You can still hack it if you are inclined, but I agree the bias is not prosocial. By labour, I…

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. -- Marcus Aurelius

Freedom of speech mean that these ideas can be challenged in the public sphere. Anything else is the department of arm chair theorist. Freedom ain't free. It calls for noble labour…

Hearts and minds

A bit bold, but it does highlight that insidious tension that leads good people to doom.

My take away from this article is simply raise your standards of people. Esteem should not be so fickle, it should mean something. Our culture has a very short attention spans and …

Freedom of speech. The one jerk of a teacher I had, made me realize this. It is better they are out in the open, that they are confronted publicly. Those standing to be counted are…

Yup. Correct. Cool Beans. It is the framing 'You do not UNDERSTAND your app unless you can simplify it in a single sentence' that I disagree with. It is more 'You do not UNDERSTAND…

I think he was saying all of the above, but I am not sure any of the strategies he mentioned will work in Hong Kong.

Using Tor correctly as well..lol. Thanks for the worries, but no worries. I good old maple syrup blooded Canuckle head here.