Magdalena Hamera

Adult fantasy author (not smut, for fuck's sake!). Books, philosophy, society, and an annoying inability to let bad arguments go.
Transgresja / Transgression ↓

[Magdalena Hamera @Hamera_M]

Fiction is for building empathy.

The internet is for killing it.

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@m966021 There's no such thing as ontology.
Only crimes, sex, and AI slop. Grow up.

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@ravenunreal Both.

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@Tim_Denning I'd be more cautious about telling people what counts as a luxury for them.
Work can bring satisfaction, even a sense of purpose. And many essential, life-saving professions rely on a clear chain of command.

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@wealth_director I somehow doubt anyone would want my results.

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We aren't equal, and the world isn't fair. That much should be obvious to anyone capable of basic reasoning.
But can we really judge, objectively, what—or who—is more valuable in the grand scheme of things, given how limited our perspective is?
Or are we just oversimplifying everything to cope?

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@heyclairelin Better than unemployed.

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@Demeter_Erinia Maybe they have a bunny in their hat after all.

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@TheHumanNature0 And when you stop pretending, you have two options.
First, you go after what you want.
Second, you do the exact opposite.
And sometimes, choosing the second option makes you realize that what you thought you wanted was just a disguise for a deeper need.

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@megha_lilly It always makes me sad to see people value what they expect more than what's actually there.
Globalization brought enormous progress, but it also made so much of art and culture more homogeneous.
AI will only accelerate that.

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Absolute freedom is a fantasy. A surprisingly popular one.

“Freedom” is such a catchy word, but hardly anyone wants to talk about its consequences. Not everything that looks good on walls and banners looks quite as appealing in reality.

Personal freedom has limits. Where those limits lie is another discussion.

There's a price to living together. We didn't evolve to live alone. We evolved to cooperate.

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Freedom without responsibility is a fantasy, but plenty of people romanticize it.
It's such a catchy word, freedom. Society imposes all kinds of constraints on us, and that's the price we pay for living together. We're not a species that evolved to live alone. We evolved to cooperate.

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@Super_Thinkiing It's funny how we were taught to always be obedient and nice to people who never deserved it.
As if having boundaries and opinions were some kind of transgression.

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@PauloCoelho_DQ Sure. Everyone should listen to their heart. Because every impulse is morally justified, right?
Stealing, cheating on your partner, hurting someone. You wouldn't do that? Fine. Someone else would.
Maybe consult your moral principles and your brain instead.

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We're mortal creatures capable of abstract thought, painfully aware of our inevitable end. We're driven by instincts we can't escape, even when we know the consequences. Society is polarizing and radicalizing, and the future looks disturbingly uncertain.

And it's November, damn it.

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@danmartell Bye-bye, X.

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@DevinRN88 Some books can even be harmful, so what you read matters just as much as how much you read.

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@ML_Philosophy Which reminds us that we're not rational creatures at all.

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@KoaWeb3 Because they assume other people are intelligent as well.
Huge mistake.

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@ThebookishC Well, don't hate the player, hate the game!