Imagine being so stupid
That you sit all day long and complain about what's happening in the world, the government, your boss
When you can get money and just move wherever the fuck you want on the globe and just live whatever lifestyle you choose
Solution to everything - CASH
The mandate for advanced impaired driving prevention technology (often called a "kill switch" by critics) is in Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, H.R. 3684), sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR).
Key champions of the provision: Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), David McKinley (R-WV), Kathleen Rice (D-NY); Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Rick Scott (R-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV).
Sponsored/supported by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), National Safety Council, auto groups like Alliance for Automotive Innovation, and tech firms (e.g., Magna, Volvo). Bipartisan congressional backing; signed by Pres. Biden.
Beneficiaries: Public (fewer drunk driving deaths, ~10k saved/year per IIHS), economy (lower crash costs), safety orgs, tech/auto industries.
Federal law says new cars after 2026 must monitor drivers and shut down if the car disapproves. Your dashboard should not be judge, jury, and executioner.
@RepScottPerry@RepChipRoy offered an amendment to defund the automobile kill switch mandate. Here’s our debate:
@xah_lee Nothing new under the sun. I'm confident Taiwan will wake up, esp. since the West is getting weaker thanks to the war in the Middle East.
Elites are deliberately setting up these ragebait headlines so we waste our time rather than us focusing on becoming elites ourselves.
@xah_lee Time to learn Chinese, get online income skill & move to China 🫡
There's too much warmongering going on. Conflicts within a nation > between nations.
I'm getting tired of conspiracy theories. We just have to do what we can to enjoy our lives in the already chaotic world.
@xah_lee Today's world is undeniably gynocentric BUT once robot girls start competing, it'll make women more... women again.
And if women still dont step up, that's the beginning of the end of homo sapiens. Perhaps we're gonna evolve by merging with robotics and AI.
@shishini@xah_lee If ppl are gonna rack up tons of student loan debt they better be socializing in college like crazy, oftentimes it's about who you know anyways.
If you don't want to do the social route then go for high income careers least likely to be replaced by AI within the next decades.
I live EASY because I choose HARD.
Fact #1: A hidden paradox writes your life story, and your mastery of it will determine the quality of your life. It is the Art of War for Decision-Making.
👉 Choosing Easy punishes persistent hardship.
👉 Choosing Hard rewards persistent ease.
It's so profound, I spent the last 4 years writing a book about it.
The public school system is designed to dumb you down an train you to be obedient to the rich and powerful who receive a totally different education in how to operate as the future ruling class.
Your brain fires dopamine at ~2ng/mL baseline…
Porn spikes it to 1,500
Cocaine, 1,200
Alcohol, 300
Short form video, 200
Fast food, 150
Stack these up over 5-10 years.
It’s obvious why “normal” feels so doom and gloom;
And living properly feels like withdrawal.
You need to understand dopamine isn’t about pleasure;
It’s the molecule of wanting more.
Every cheap hit makes your receptors fire harder for less reward.
By 30, most people in this generation have the reward sensitivity of an addict…
Your phone triggers a dopamine release every 6 seconds you hold it;
Same pathway as addictive substances.
Same downregulation curve.
The only difference is you have no one telling you that you’re using…
Please:
If you’re not working.
Take every opportunity you get to walk outside, get some sun, or go do something with real people…
How much more of your life are you willing to lose to counterproductive habits?
Same you, but fastr.
If you want a rare life, you have to be delusional. Doubt can enter your mind, and it can sound reasonable, but if you entertain it too much it will slowly drag you down into stagnation. I'd rather reap the lesson from massive failure than do nothing because it's not "realistic."
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio just told Tucker Carlson that central bank digital currencies are coming:
"There will be no privacy... all transactions will be known... and if you're politically disfavored, you could be shut off."