Nobody talks about how some ppl have to watch friends/family get things they’ve been praying/hoping for. You can be happy for your friend but sometimes being sad for yourself can override that. It’s probably the most difficult ‘two things can be true’ to experience
I think the guy flipping burgers at McDonald’s should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That’s kind of the whole point of having a job and I can’t believe this is considered a radical position for me to take.
I thought I was imagining that mass market chocolate had become completely inedible so I'd glad it wasn't just me. Finally, journalists are doing their jobs and investigating real problems again!
Someone could probably write a book (if they haven’t already) about the cycle of technology productizing the removal of friction in the name of convenience only for us to discover that the friction was a load-bearing part of the social compact.
I'm fascinated by the rise of frictionmaxxing as a response to a frictionless life. We engineer away inconvenience, only to discover that some of the friction we removed was part of what made life feel alive in the first place
While the No Kings thing is pathetic the events are dangerous in that its been a successful strategy for making sure there is no real protest movement with demands like ending the wars, Medicare For All or ending aid to Israel. They have been totally effective at crushing protest
Look, I'm gonna try and be kind about this.
Seeing this video sandwiched between footage from Albania, France, Spain, Brazil, Italy, and India is jarring.
It feels like a bad joke.
This is a great interviewer. He addresses the elephant in the room without ever having to mention it, leads with compassion and still manages to get an insane sound bite.
Bravo!