Basman

Betterment is a good short-term solution to a crisis, but long-term generosity creates dependency and undermines the local economy. It's hard to compete with free so poor countries are rendered indeficient at developing their own businesses and systems for handling survival. And the free stuff is often mediocre and eats away at peoples dignity, like used clothes. Africans wearing a tired old oversized Spiderman shirt instead of something locally produced. The "gifts" poor parents give their children during Christmas are all donated. It sends a message to one's self-esteem when it's chronic. It's a good example of how good intentions tend to backfire if you don't appreciate how systems work. It's an example of why stage green is insufficient at solving the problems it cares about, and often actually makes things worse. Sometimes its more evil to rob people of the opportunity for self-improvement and dignity with your compassion than to just let them suffer and struggle.

It's wild how someone can genuinely come to believe that living in a completely centralized surveillance state is somehow a good thing.

It's harder to connect with people when they always think that they can do better. That's the crux of modern dating. It keeps people from being open minded and investing too much into potential relationships.

It's kinda scary how literal you are sometimes.

shitting on fat chicks is my job. Don't give my job away to the feminists.

fanum taxing your own brain is lk a 5head move

Here's the original article where that glorious catchphrase came from: https://medium.com/world-economic-forum/welcome-to-2030-i-own-nothing-have-no-privacy-and-life-has-never-been-better-ee2eed62f710 It's a fictional story of a future techno utopia but it's pretty ludicrous and reads a bit like 1984. You'd almost think it's parody but it's categorized as an essay.

I haven't read anything but the whole vibe here is cringey, so probably work on that.

How you know your from Sweden.

My impression is that many leftists are just a bit too ideological and groupthinky to have serious opinions on how to run a country. Complaining about bigotry and capitalism all day on Twitter isn't political, it's just a vibe. There's no strategy beyond expressing virtue. In order to be politically constructive, you can't be overly idealistic. A political leader needs to be fine with making decisions that will kill people.

Some guys have a preference for crazy. I consider them a health hazard.

The difference is hype. I'll believe it when I see it. Techbros want to jump on the lap of hype like an anxious dog.

He has a lot of really good ideas of how humans work that have been foundational to me. People love to hate him for his books not being academic tier, but then he probably couldn't make big general connections about human nature to the same degree, which is what he's good at.

Five minutes of research tells me it's not that simple.

It's accurate. Everything boils down to attention essentially nowadays.

Being intelligent is about more than just linear processing. Thought require awareness, understanding and intuition, which we're nowhere near replicating The issue is that there's just not enough evidence currently to support the bold claims tech bros are making in my opinion. It's just scepticism.

Daddy's money on loudspeak.

It's always the oil. A russ chick has sloppy drunk sex in the woods and it has something to do with the oil. Don't even get me started.

This shit's not even real brah mah gawd

That's the historical moment we live in currently, the breaking of communal bonds. I think that's the primary factor behind this. It has less to do with men or women themselves and more with factors outside of our direct control, like the nature of modern work, commuting, cost of living, social media, etc., though it's possible to counter act it on a personal level.

It's wishful thinking at worst to expect your relationships to not be partial as an adult. Children don't know any better and are blindsided when an adult doesn't love whatever thing they did. Conflict and conditions is just the reality of finite beings interacting with each other. Your better off dispelling any delusions so that you can act more constructively relative to your relationships.

I have lived there.

They removed it the hell?

Norwegians have an unconscious arrogance and sense of exceptionalism about their country, though they don't say it out loud like an American could. There's this sense of invincibility and detachement from reality, like bad things is something that only happens "out there". It's a quiet nauseating atmosphere. It's not just that they are spoilled, but existentially they are closed minded to how reality actually is (especially relative to violence). It's like, because they are so spoilled they can afford to rest on their protestant laurels. I don't know how true it is, but I remember hearing a rumor that during the Breivik shooting emergency call operator would hang up on people because they refused to believe that something like a mass shooting could happen in Norway.

Easy slop for piggies.