Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas
Wages went up 27%.
Homes went up 148%.
2003 median salary: $42,409
2023 median salary: $54,132
2003 median home price: $182,700
2023 median home price: $454,900
People are not lazy. The currency is just collapsing faster than wages can keep up.
Escape ⚡️
Nobody talks about how genuinely different life was 15 years ago. $650 rent. $4 happy hour. A full grocery run under $90. Job offers within a week of applying. Nights out that weren't being filmed and uploaded before you got home. That world existed. it wasn't that long ago. And it is completely gone.
you quite literally cannot be an enviornmentalist if you aren’t anti war, anti colonialism, and anti capitalism. and the sooner you understand that, the better our chances are at building a future where we actually survive the climate crisis that is ALREADY HERE.
I used to work in sustainability consulting. I'd have to pitch everything as a cost saving measure and some guy from an oil company with a thick dallas drawl would tell me "sweetheart, we'll just pay the fine"