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I don’t think OP wants to be an instagram star. They want a change in career and have only a nebulous sense of what exactly they want. “Suck it up” is not only a mean spirited resp…

You don't think it would be good for people googling an issue to be able to find out that there's a relevant petition?

I posted this both because it is a fascinating subject, and because this is a remarkable model for pedagogical video. It's hard to believe the resources and ingenuity that went int…

Oh you read that article too? There are ways of thinking about happiness that still allow for striving. Also, unhappiness is not only caused by entitlement.

Yes, specific suggestion about qualitative changes to college curricula, based on qualitative results of a study. That seems reasonable to me. Once these changes are enacted, of co…

You're maybe non familiar with qualitative research methods? A study like this can be used to discover the kinds of challenges that women face in engineering work environments. It …

You present "I chose not to eat" as if you made the moral choice. But there is no shame in asking for help if you need it. I don't have illusions about what most people asking for …

I always give a dollar to the first person who asks for it in any given day, regardless of whether I think they deserve. If they're asking for money, they probably need it. I don't…

If nothing else, in many NYC neighborhoods it would be simply impossible to greet every person you see. Still, there are plenty of residential neighborhoods where no one acknowledg…

We just don't need that many people to do all the stuff. Yes we do. There is so much work to be done. The problem is the poverty of the public sphere, brought on by specific, ideol…

Sure we do. Cap and trade. Boom.

Is it good faith? It comes off as either pedantic or trolling to my eyes.

Because being a startup hub has been so good for SF? Not everywhere needs to be a startup hub, for goodness sake.

In case it wasn't clear, I was referring to the price difference as ludicrous. I have an Iizuka viola and it's worth every penny.

The classical world is more diverse than people seem to think. Most string players I know play on modern instruments, made within the last hundred years. Likewise actual musicians …

Honestly, it does look like fun. But also like a lawsuit waiting to happen? Like a future source of broken noses and arms and what-have-you when people trip or run into walls. Whic…

Hey, it's like laser tag, but you have to look through a tiny screen while you run and jump and try to evade and attack! What could go wrong?

It is deeply conservative, possibly even royalist. Do you think propaganda has to be unsubtle? This is just appealing to a different audience than Rosie the Riveter.

All right you made your complaint. Now flag the article if you must and let it go, please.

Yes, that's true, one definition of literature can be anything that is written. I'm not trying to have a semantic argument with you though. Use whatever words you want, but if you …

In the Strand, the section you're talking about is called "Literary Fiction." Since we're talking about sets: literature ⊃ literary fiction There's plenty of literature that is not…

Would it help if you think of it as a form of literature, rather than a means of devouring information by the most efficient means possible? It may still not be for you, and this m…