On issue after issue, the morally self-anointed visionaries have for centuries argued as if no honest disagreement were possible, as if those who opposed them were not merely in error but in sin.
I strongly believe that all managers in a technical area must be technically excellent.
Managers in software must write great software or it’s like being a cavalry captain who can’t ride a horse!
Politicians can solve almost any problem — usually by creating a bigger problem. But, so long as the voters are aware of the problem that the politicians have solved, and unaware of the bigger problems they have created, political "solutions" are a political success.
Over 400 police officers died in the line of duty in 2021, according to a new report by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
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@ersario2@luisjgomez ^^^ this. This was the point. At any minute, that could be their situation - happy times or death. Every day, every minute for people living that life.
@nickgillespie In the past, meaning was assigned, by religion, tribe, or nation. People were not free. But they had meaning.
Now, people are free. Which means freedom to find their own meaning. And they can't find it. Because the freedom to choose meaning is overwhelming for most.
The unwillingness of Western citizens to live with any level of risk -- economic, health, or personal -- spells the end of the civilization. Innovation requires risk-taking; building for the future requires risk-taking. Complete risk aversion leads to decadence and collapse.
@bee__witched Difficult question, but I found an answer - whatever crimes the commercial canned soup companies perpetrate on potatoes, they manage to ruin them every time. Roasted or braised Yukon Golds are divine.
What socialism, fascism and other ideologies of the left have in common is an assumption that some very wise people — like themselves — need to take decisions out of the hands of lesser people, like the rest of us, and impose those decisions by government fiat.
Fauci did this interview in 2019 less than a year before COVID. Most people have never seen it. Listen to him laugh off the idea of wearing a mask to stop yourself from getting infected. Why doesn’t he focus on healthy eating and other healthy behaviors more now? What changed?