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The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by altmanaltman »

joshbetz wrote: post #136
altmanaltman wrote: post #127

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I don't think most Americans even knew what the strait of hormouz was, expecting them to vote differently based on that last November is wild. Trump constantly ran as the "no more wars" president and people fell for it. At that point, the blame is just for believing in that he was not lying. But strait of hormouz was a non topic for almost the entire world before the war.

It will impact how people vote this November though

but isn't expensive gas a local issue so local news will cover it regardless. That doesn't mean Americans will care about Hormouz in even an year imo. People only care when it affects their wallets.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

consp wrote: post #140
stratocumulus0 wrote: post #117

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Postman wrote this in context of television, which is a broadcast channel with no means to interact with it. But in times of social media, your reaction to the news is something you can broadcast yourself, at the very least to your online followers (if we are talking about story feeds). Now, a lot of groups enforce their members to take political stances and show action as a sign of belonging. These might be anything…

Your first paragraph sounds like a religion.

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Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by regenschutz »

throwaway209329 wrote: post #149
consp wrote: post #140

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Your first paragraph sounds like a religion.

As an autistic person this has never made sense, the things people are willing to do in order to fit into a group, like at it's extreme murdering others. After becoming aware of my diagnosis I've started studying "normal" people and it's insane what you are willing to withstand just to belong to a group or in society. Now I think that some things "normal" people participate in they think is actually fun, like hanging…

Neurotypical is the word you're looking for, not "normal".

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

onion2k wrote: post #109
tirant wrote: post #99

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Limiting your family size is a lazy, short term solution. Having a bigger family and teaching them the right values is a much stronger and long term approach.

In a world where the brightest minds are paid to intentionally develop tools to make people betray their values (advertising, propaganda, rolling news, etc), I'm not sure anyone should feel safe about what they teach their kids. Many industries, but especially tech, will do everything possible to make them do whatever makes a few dozen people richer.

The best thing an individual can do against, say, the advertising industry, is to become an important person in an advertising marketplace and then destroy it. You spend 30 years to become CTO at Google and then you set the billing system to charge every customer $1,000,000, right before you drop an EMP in the biggest DC.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

retired wrote: post #116
IneffablePigeon wrote: post #112

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There are many places in the world this is not true. I would say about half the people I know who live in London don’t own a car. They travel plenty - probably more than the people I know who don’t live in London. If they really need a car once they get to their destination they will rent one, or use taxis.

For The Netherlands you are really constricted to the city you live in if you don’t own a car. You can forget about going to a concert, a birthday party or catching an early flight without one. Or if you want to do anything fun on a Sunday in the east. Most people I know have a social life or do sports that require a car. If your children play football you really need a car. Last time I used a taxi in The Netherlands…

Doesn't everyone bike everywhere in the Netherlands?

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

ben_w wrote: post #141
retired wrote: post #104

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Only if you limit your work and social life to that particular city. Not something most people want to do.

Depends on the public transport network where you live. I used to work with someone who commuted from London to Cambridge (yes, that way around). And in Berlin, someone else who commuted from half way to Poland. Won't work everywhere, e.g. from what I saw when visiting I don't foresee US cities rapidly integrating enough good public transport to properly replace cars within themselves, and from what I've heard about…

halfway from Berlin to Poland is like a 30 minute ride on regional train. It's quite close to the border.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

gchamonlive wrote: post #66
Gibbon1 wrote: post #59

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Buying electric cars, installing solar, and switching to heat pumps are one of the few things you can materially do to screw the powers that be. The the other one is limiting your family size.

The only thing you can do to hurt the powers that be is not buying.

There are things that could hurt them a lot more than ignoring them.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

uberex wrote: post #73
Gud wrote: post #65

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Even so, an electric car is not particularly good for the environment. Bicycles and public transportation.

Bicycles and public transportation are better yes. If I were healthy enough I would consider a cargo bike and bring 20kg of shopping home on that (for real). It would be cool. Then buses for unladen journeys.

Why 20kg? I could stop by the supermarket every day and get what I can carry in one or two bags.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

lukan wrote: post #180
retired wrote: post #153

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The lifestyle I refer to is living in a bike friendly city, being able to afford a multi-thousand euro cargo bike and having secure storage for it. OP also appears to live in a house with a yard on top of that. That lifestyle is reserved for very high earners. Edit, reply to Lukan as I am rate limited with my comments: I’m sure that those people you saw in Leipzig and Berlin are global 5% earners, maybe even 1%-ers.…

"Edit 2, again to Lukan. My point still stands that the Germany lifestyle is very luxurious compared to the rest of the world." I never debated that. "And even in Germany, you need a decent income if you want to live in a high density city." But this is not correct. You can get a 4 room apartment in Leipzig for 750 € a month (but of course you won't be the only one applying). Also you may want to email dang about you…

Rate limits, once applied, are almost never removed.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

kstenerud wrote: post #118
spking wrote: post #3

Neil Postman called this the “Peekaboo World”. “What steps do you plan to take to reduce the conflict in the Middle East? Or the rates of inflation, crime and unemployment? What are your plans for preserving the environment or reducing the risk of nuclear war? What do you plan to do about NATO, OPEC, the CIA, affirmative action, and the monstrous treatment of the Baha’is in Iran? I shall take the liberty of answering…

It's not that you plan to do nothing; rather, it's because you can do nothing about them. The only people who have any sway are the various foreign offices and the country leaders. But even their power is incredibly limited, because humanity moves like the tide. Sure, Trump can continue chastising Netanyahu for continuing Israel's attacks into Gaza and Lebanon (which will sabotage the already comical agreement betwee…

Trump could literally just stop sending billions of taxpayer dollars to Netanyahu and the war would end - probably not well for Netanyahu. He could use that fact as leverage. He isn't.
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