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> A good critical comment teaches us something. I feel as if I did that. Maybe my writing comes across way differently, maybe my comments are not as direct as they could be - but i…

It’s here that British Petroleum, or BP, first promoted and soon successfully popularized the term “carbon footprint" in the early aughts. The company unveiled its “carbon footprin…

"Hit the moving target" while spaceship shakes about violently. "Swipe up and hold to eject!" chirps Alexa as we plunge 200 feet in 2 seconds...

They don't do their part because they are not expected to. That is my problem with the "disease" label. That is my problem when talking about homelessness. That is my problem when …

Fair point. My own character traits certainly color my viewpoints.

It removes the victim mindset. My background is a recovering asshole, partially failing, aka the son in the article.

I have seen the homeless as people to be pitied and helped. Just weak people, down on their luck. So you help them, right? I let a homeless man sleep in the hallway of my building.…

Never mentioned Crohn's. Why are you bringing that up? Same with the comment above above: Ask yourself, why are you deflecting, why are you removing agency? Let's say depression is…

> depression is imaginary Nice strawman > The kids killed in Syria and Afghanistan should've helped themselves Never mentioned kids in warzones > But yeah life is harsh and the wor…

> my cousin had been taken so young? He wasn't taken. He took himself. Exercise: Everytime you remove agency, reintroduce it. "I am depressed". No, you are depressing yourself. "I …

Novel? Ho, ho, how quaint. If you'd made a dent in the hard sciences by then, I'd be impressed.

You're welcome, friend.

Air travel is still great if you fly first class, which if I remember correctly, is exactly as expensive as air travel was in the good old days.

https://www.harvard.com/book/dying_for_a_paycheck_how_modern... "Management" is a public health crisis like cancer, diabetes or heart disease. Nothing else and nothing more. Anecdo…

You're right, it should have it's own name. It's much closer to drug use. Constantly context switching with high emotionality. "Dopamine streaming"? It takes a lot longer to put ou…

They are getting the size of walls now, so I'm ready to live out Fahrenheit 451.

Well, I'll have you know I graduated summa cum laude from Lemönade Ständ Universität, which is a very prestigious institution in Luxemburg, when I was 6.

Every company has a shrine to vital things that can not break under any circumstances. We have a holy Win7 Thinkpad. Often there are gurus too and monks live in the caves next to t…

Let's identify the problems here: Long work hours -which might or might not be bullshit Addicting novelty seeking -small dopamine hits -and it's enablement -phones -never ending sc…

Well now youre doing exactly what I described. You make my suggestions into a to do list and feel bad. The point is to feel better. Thats the start of everything. Not "I have accom…

Have you heard 'State not story' (sometimes 'Story follows state')? This comes from trauma therapy, specifically Polyvagal Theory. Patients have their life story and often think of…

“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.” ― D.H. Lawrence

There was a regular helicopter service on top of skyscrapers, like a bus. There isn't anymore, because things that go up, must come down. "Urban" and "flying" will never happen. I'…

Crazy it sold at all, really. Still overvalued. The free money bubble sets your value horizon to weird levels. I remember hard solutions being worth something, not bro apps. Now I'…