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Bush and Cheney promised war that would not end in our lifetime, or our children's lifetime, and I and many others took that to mean it's intended to be eternal. With varying inten…

Here's a book tip. > The type of personal integration we attain – or the effective lack thereof – depends on what possibilities our life situation offers us for the development of …

How come others have to have "objective" morals, but for you "seems to me" is perfectly fine? Of course it's subjective, that doesn't take away from it at all, since any opinion th…

> It's really unfortunate that abiding by local laws and regulations is considered unethical. It seems unfortunate to you, because you are not aware of the thought and research tha…

Not partaking in evil IS the result. Any further ulitarian calculations are just rationalizations. You cannot predict the ultimate outcome of any course of action fully, but you ca…

All these issues can also be overcome with a "live and let live" attitude, and expanding ones empathy beyond oneself, and tentatively even beyond the present. At least to me, the m…

I considered all of these and more before making my comment, and still made it as I made it. It's still there for you to reply to, and then maybe I can entertain you.

Even the quote itself just demonstrates the not seeing the woods for all the trees I mentioned... as if throwing a baby on the floor would make it grow up, instead of the other way…

Who is "we"?

People can and do say that about any business or nation or whatever "specifically" being criticized. Why not criticize all of them? Because comments are limited in length, and beca…

> No, surveillance and ads aren't "threats" in and of themselves. You're right, a threat is potential damage, these things are done damage.

To me fear of death is a sign of not really having been born yet. If you can't make 50 years worthwhile, you can't make 50000 years worthwhile, and if you can't cope with being lim…

> there have been many attacks, but not since Xinjiang turned into a total surveillance state It might seem that way when you ignore attacks on people by the surveillance state. Fr…

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/china-s-xinjiang-p... > When DER SPIEGEL visited Hotan in 2014, it was still possible to meet with a man who told us about the Chinese gov…

The point of being a big company, not the point of running a research center.

I'd like to see the studies about "conformist individualism and confirmation bias". Surely that wasn'n just a kneejerk "I know you are, but what am I" reaction.

Maybe something like this? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/minority-report/2014... > in shame-based cultures, public humiliation, scorn, or censure are relied upon more hea…

It's not in a vacuum though, other things multiply it. Radio was a phase shift and an important factor in enabling fascism along with industrialization. You can say WW2 and the Hol…

Trust isn't even that hard to earn (though it takes time), but insofar as one depends on intellectual sloppyness or even outright dishonesty for "legitimate" aims" (just think mark…

> Corporations' main motivation is profit, not improving human rights. You're not a corporation. Talk like the person you are, not like a corporation you are not, and which has no …

> Once people see the power they have when they act collectively Also, once people see things under the facade, such as > “Letting you ask that question is the voice that you have.…

> The Googler thingy a few months ago? Let us understand what that was. This is very recent: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17682348 > “Everyone’s access to documents got tur…

> After that do a tennis tournament. Compare two photos side by side. Pick a dinner. Delete the loser. Walk this down to 1 photo for that scene and be amazed at how much better tha…

> China is a sovereign nation and has every right to Govern itself the way it wants to. Yeah, or "the US government respected Germany’s right to govern its own citizens" as it says…