Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has an interesting discussion on TED (<a href="/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html</a>) about 5 distinct moral values and the different ways liberals and conservatives score on each of them. I can see where those mental differences/preferences might expose themselves physically in dress or emotionally in facial expressions. Speculation yes, but it seems plausible given that there are so many subtle visual clues we each give off that we are very much unaware of.
... and my first thought was, damn - I wish this screen was bigger. Plus as much as I despise the iTunes store (for numerous reasons), especially loaded on a PC, accessing it over the iPod Touch directly, wasn't so bad. It will be interesting to see how this thing takes off.
"In a moment, all of your plans can change" - This is true in all aspects of life. Loss of job, loss of family, and other catastrophic losses are difficult to deal with. Looking at your situation as rationally as possible and making the best of what you have left is the only way to reduce the suffering that goes along with such painful situations. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" depicts a great example of someone that did just that given an awful situation, the magnitude of which most of us, hopefully, will ever be exposed to.
One would have to delude themselves to think the rate of technical progress has slowed, I would argue that it is advancing faster then most of us realize. Furthermore, every single "advancement" or "invention" is incremental, usually in many ways. Sure, many people want to turn the brains off and assume the implementation of the car or the airplane or computers just magically happened one day, or that the inventor was some super genius that was able to create something revolutionary out of thin air, but the fact is every single invention is made up of a tremendous amount of hard work and the piecing together of many existing technologies.
Pull your head out, we are living in amazing times.
"In the mean time, I simply have utterly given up, I think we would need 3 or 4 generation of basic scientific education from the 1st grade onward to change the trend."
I too have been frustrated and felt like giving up when facing the human desire to believe. "If they could only **see**", I tell myself. It's just so damn frustrating and sad, especially when the person you are talking with is suffering needlessly. I have to remind myself that I was 40 or 41 before I even "allowed" myself to question my beliefs.
I grew up in bible churches and attended a private Christian high school. So it took many things and 4 or 5 years to bring me to where I am today. A poignant question from a friend that still professes to be Christian forced me to actually question my beliefs. Other contributing factors, in no particular order included a wife that supports me no matter what, signatures of various Slashdot members, the logic of Mark Davis (a right wing radio personality in the Dallas market), the study of statistics upon return to college in my 30s, my reading of Sagan's "The Demon Haunted World", and a strong desire to "understand".
I now jokingly call myself a rightwing conservative atheist, and I am more hopeful and optimistic than I was as a Christian. I also am very sympathetic to human beliefs in general, especially those centered on doing right and helping others.
The fallout of my conversion has been amazingly light to non-existent. My wife, who is one of the smartest people I know, has always had some doubts about religion but she never voiced them strongly for fear of getting into an irrational argument with her steadfastly believing husband. She joined me on much of this journey and our relationship is better than ever. All my long time friends are still Christians, and most still accept me despite my rejection of my former beliefs. I do have a couple of friends I'm afraid to tell for fear of loosing their friendships, but our friendships now suffer a little because of the secret. Another interesting result of my conversion was the need to actually grieve the death of my father from 35 year ago. All in all, this journey has had a very positive influence in my life.
I wrote all that so I could offer the possibility that it may not take 4 generations and that there may be more of us out here than any one of us realizes. Hold strong, there is hope.
I've seen this as well - but on a much smaller scale...just look at the average resume. We all do it, it's economics. Speaking of which, it still amazes me how so many posters here slam some company for trying to find cheap labor (and yes, I know the cheapest is not necessarily the best value), or do something else to save money, while at the same time mimicking that same behavior themselves. I know the most "loyalty" I show to any store comes from laziness, not true loyalty. My shopping loyalty typically goes to the lowest bidder.
Birth control is not necessary as economic opportunity expands. Population growth within economically advanced countries has dropped on its own WITHOUT government intervention. Some places have even experienced negative growth rates.
Economics rules politics. It is not the other way around. As the rule of law spreads, opportunities for people to work, make a living, secure housing, and raise a family will expand. Likewise, once a person has mortgage, their desire to have numerous offspring diminishes. And, as a bonus, they are much less likely to strap a bomb on themselves and kill you because you have different beliefs.
I have 4 sites I visit each day. Initially, I opened each in its own Opera window, ordered them as I wished, and saved the set up. Now I just open Opera each morning, and it loads all the sites in the order I wish to view them. As I finish viewing a site, I close its window. Once I see a blank screen, it's time to return to real life.
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Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has an interesting discussion on TED (<a href="/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html</a>) about 5 distinct moral values and the different ways liberals and conservatives score on each of them. I can see where those mental differences/preferences might expose themselves physically in dress or emotionally in facial expressions. Speculation yes, but it seems plausible given that there are so many subtle visual clues we each give off that we are very much unaware of.
... and my first thought was, damn - I wish this screen was bigger. Plus as much as I despise the iTunes store (for numerous reasons), especially loaded on a PC, accessing it over the iPod Touch directly, wasn't so bad. It will be interesting to see how this thing takes off.
"In a moment, all of your plans can change" - This is true in all aspects of life. Loss of job, loss of family, and other catastrophic losses are difficult to deal with. Looking at your situation as rationally as possible and making the best of what you have left is the only way to reduce the suffering that goes along with such painful situations. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" depicts a great example of someone that did just that given an awful situation, the magnitude of which most of us, hopefully, will ever be exposed to.
One would have to delude themselves to think the rate of technical progress has slowed, I would argue that it is advancing faster then most of us realize. Furthermore, every single "advancement" or "invention" is incremental, usually in many ways. Sure, many people want to turn the brains off and assume the implementation of the car or the airplane or computers just magically happened one day, or that the inventor was some super genius that was able to create something revolutionary out of thin air, but the fact is every single invention is made up of a tremendous amount of hard work and the piecing together of many existing technologies.
Pull your head out, we are living in amazing times.
Sprint allows this, and I think AT&T does as well. Don't know about the others. Elapsed time of my message? < 3 secs
"you know what to do" <beep>
And once the "god" database is complete, you will never have to lock anything again. Everything and everyone will be tracked...all time.
"In the mean time, I simply have utterly given up, I think we would need 3 or 4 generation of basic scientific education from the 1st grade onward to change the trend."
I too have been frustrated and felt like giving up when facing the human desire to believe. "If they could only **see**", I tell myself. It's just so damn frustrating and sad, especially when the person you are talking with is suffering needlessly. I have to remind myself that I was 40 or 41 before I even "allowed" myself to question my beliefs.
I grew up in bible churches and attended a private Christian high school. So it took many things and 4 or 5 years to bring me to where I am today. A poignant question from a friend that still professes to be Christian forced me to actually question my beliefs. Other contributing factors, in no particular order included a wife that supports me no matter what, signatures of various Slashdot members, the logic of Mark Davis (a right wing radio personality in the Dallas market), the study of statistics upon return to college in my 30s, my reading of Sagan's "The Demon Haunted World", and a strong desire to "understand".
I now jokingly call myself a rightwing conservative atheist, and I am more hopeful and optimistic than I was as a Christian. I also am very sympathetic to human beliefs in general, especially those centered on doing right and helping others.
The fallout of my conversion has been amazingly light to non-existent. My wife, who is one of the smartest people I know, has always had some doubts about religion but she never voiced them strongly for fear of getting into an irrational argument with her steadfastly believing husband. She joined me on much of this journey and our relationship is better than ever. All my long time friends are still Christians, and most still accept me despite my rejection of my former beliefs. I do have a couple of friends I'm afraid to tell for fear of loosing their friendships, but our friendships now suffer a little because of the secret. Another interesting result of my conversion was the need to actually grieve the death of my father from 35 year ago. All in all, this journey has had a very positive influence in my life.
I wrote all that so I could offer the possibility that it may not take 4 generations and that there may be more of us out here than any one of us realizes. Hold strong, there is hope.
I've seen this as well - but on a much smaller scale...just look at the average resume. We all do it, it's economics. Speaking of which, it still amazes me how so many posters here slam some company for trying to find cheap labor (and yes, I know the cheapest is not necessarily the best value), or do something else to save money, while at the same time mimicking that same behavior themselves. I know the most "loyalty" I show to any store comes from laziness, not true loyalty. My shopping loyalty typically goes to the lowest bidder.
Birth control is not necessary as economic opportunity expands. Population growth within economically advanced countries has dropped on its own WITHOUT government intervention. Some places have even experienced negative growth rates. Economics rules politics. It is not the other way around. As the rule of law spreads, opportunities for people to work, make a living, secure housing, and raise a family will expand. Likewise, once a person has mortgage, their desire to have numerous offspring diminishes. And, as a bonus, they are much less likely to strap a bomb on themselves and kill you because you have different beliefs.
The computer can not and will not ever figure out which significance you are concerned with on its own.
I have 4 sites I visit each day. Initially, I opened each in its own Opera window, ordered them as I wished, and saved the set up. Now I just open Opera each morning, and it loads all the sites in the order I wish to view them. As I finish viewing a site, I close its window. Once I see a blank screen, it's time to return to real life.