@amandafortini Cycle of violence started down the street from there and worked its way up. Fortunately my grandfather broke the cycle his father and grandfather fell victim to, and raised a wonderful family. But dark times in his childhood I can’t even imagine
@RWApodcast In my ‘lived experience’ the majority of American’s who live lives away from X don’t think about the SMO at all. They have goodwill towards Russians. They don’t understand why we have any interest in the matter, and are predisposed to think of ukr folks as third rate mobsters.
@andrewhorowitz Can they rent a car and one of them drive? It would cost me 2300 to fly there and rent a luxury van without overnight lodging (maybe you've checked this). Surely a professional service exists in ireland who can do this, possibly for less? If not I need to start such a business.
@dex_eve I just looked up what a 4x game is and absolutely if one thought they would be analogous to the real world, and playing them would provide meaningful experience from which to make decisions, we would be in great danger
@RWApodcast Individual movies go in and out of fashion, but how we feel about them at a specific time will remain a valuable lens with which to understand who we collectively our. Social media only tells you who you are.
@RWApodcast The way in which we collectively feel about a given thing is really what defines us as a civilization. Hitler - close to universally bad. Alexander the Great - terrible to some, no longer so bad to others. genghis khan - impressive to many.
@RWApodcast The rare bad take from RWA. Movies are a medium to share human experiences, just as books and storytelling are, as is social media is a self-curated way of doing so. We will always need shared cultural touchstones to find consensus on as humans.
@RWApodcast Russia places more value in their aims, and it is obvious why they do so. Sucks so many people had to die because the west was unwilling to accept they don’t have a God given right to possess whatever they desire, and irrationally pushed for a war they weren’t prepared to pay for
@RWApodcast Russia has the capacity to sacrifice more than Ukraine irrespective of either country’s desire to do so. The USA (and collective west) have the capacity to sacrifice more than Russia, but frankly are unprepared to, and increasingly unwilling to.
@elonmusk What we need first is to encourage companies take a chance on those like me, fast learning and high performing. No one willing to hire me for a role which requires a company to put any resources into me when they can hire someone fresh without the black mark.
@elonmusk In all sincerity I got pushed from a public sector role where I was the sole person in office carrying my departments weight (after getting severe COVID from meeting with everyone). Been better for years, NO ONE will touch me for a serious role.
@walterkirn Sad story I’ve been following. My earliest memories are from the beaches there, earliest friends among the ranchers there. If you’re interested in a guest article for CH I could consider putting something meaningful together.