That wasn't my insult mode for religion as a fundamental force of evil in the world.
That wasn't even my frank realistic assessment of religion as a memetic parasite.
That was my inclusive fluffy bunny mode, where being a silly person who believes in fairy tails is a valid lifestyle choice that can tolerated or even accepted.
Its my argument for the majority of people believe in a fantasy that remains valid even for many of the individuals who happen to believe that one particular fantasy is real.
Humans are not capable of forming societies without conflict at large scales, we need a coercive authority to resolve those conflicts.
Not everyone is going to be willing to give up their fundamental humanity to be engineered to be more complacent, those that do not will be forced or culled.
The dream of a anarchistic utopia where everyone is equal and there is no coercive authority is impossible, and I don't just mean technically, even if you could change people then coercion by authority would be involved.
Part of the problem is that that the majority of adults can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality either. How many people are religious after all? And even if you buy into the silly notion that one religion may be correct, then the billions of people who follow the other religions are still fully believing in fantasy.
But then, simple violence and sex in media does not represent a fundamental attack on human rationality that religion in media does, even though it is somehow seen as more acceptable.
The poor have been so drained by the predation of the wealthy that they have no blood left to sate the appetites of the plutocrats, now their eye turns towards the middle class, and you too will be made poor and then bled.
There can be no more coercive of an authority than a culture that has genetically or chemically engineered its citizens to not require a coercive authority.
Public mass transportation is only relevant in major cities, and completely non-existant in the vast majority of the US. And in those smaller cities where it exists, bus schedules are rarely reliable.
15 years ago I was in a position of doing menial labor. One question on ALL applications for those menial positions with major corporations is "do you have access to reliable transportation?" And every interviewer asked specifically about having a car, emphasizing that public transportation was not an option (often because public transportation is non-existant outside of the larger cities in the US).
It just transforms post production into preproduction, even if the composition of effects can be done concurrently with filming actors, you still have to actually produce the effects. And in this case, you have to rely more on the actors syncing correctly with the effects instead of adjusting the affects to match the actions of the actors.
They are people not employed by wal-mart, 7-11, mcdonalds or another major retailer/fast food joint. If you do not have a car, none of those companies will hire you.
Soldiers have qualms of increasing degree when firing on civilians, countrymen, friends and families. AI do not have that problem. This is indeed terrifying.
No. Low end rent is not accessible to the minimum wage. Where I live in the Florida panhandle, the minimum cost for rent and utilities exceeds the monthly pay from a 40 hour per week minimum wage job. Now you also need to cover food and transportation. Minimum wage jobs require reliable transportation, bus service (even in the rare case it is available) does not count, you have to have access to a car or you will not be hired.
That just shows how completely ignorant you are about how expensive it is to be poor. Studio Apartment? Studio apartments cost over $600 a month, not counting utilities. Oops. now you can't eat or pay for transportation.
With a basic income, everyone gets the "handout", even if they do work.
So you wouldn't end up slaving away 8 hours a day to make barely more than survival. Instead you could work as much or as little as you want, depending on how much extra you want for luxury goods and services.
When I lived in Pensacola as a software engineer, I pulled down crap too.
Granted that the cost of living is a lot lower than a big city like SanFran, or New York, but its not low enough that would feel comfortable anywhere near 30k.
A job at wal-mart, 7-11 or McDonalds does not pay well enough to pay rent, food, transportation for a person. And those are jobs that will require a home address and transportation. Even combining 2 such incomes does not allow a pair of people to have reliably cover basic costs. That requires 3 or more people in such positions per household.
No... the real left is thinking that a basic income guarantee is becoming very close to feasible. Perhaps not yet, but we are getting close to the point where the labor generated by people who work for either self fulfillment or access to luxury goods and services can produce enough wealth to provide every household with a basic income capable of covering rent, food and basic utilities.
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Seriously.
I would rather schlep a laptop bag around than a tablet, and a monitor, and a keyboard.
That wasn't my insult mode for religion as a fundamental force of evil in the world.
That wasn't even my frank realistic assessment of religion as a memetic parasite.
That was my inclusive fluffy bunny mode, where being a silly person who believes in fairy tails is a valid lifestyle choice that can tolerated or even accepted.
That isn't actually my argument for atheism.
Its my argument for the majority of people believe in a fantasy that remains valid even for many of the individuals who happen to believe that one particular fantasy is real.
I certainly enjoy chasing tail and licking parts, though I much prefer it in multi-player.
Not at all.
A tablets design is VASTLY more constrained by the required form factor of a tablet.
A tablets extremely limited input options make it completely unsuitable for many uses that a laptop is ideal or at least adequate for.
Windows tablets also DO NOT run native windows programs.
Tablets are also functionally limited by the single full screen app display.
NOTHING about a tablet affects program licenses, that argument doesn't even begin to make any sense whatsoever.
Humans are not capable of forming societies without conflict at large scales, we need a coercive authority to resolve those conflicts.
Not everyone is going to be willing to give up their fundamental humanity to be engineered to be more complacent, those that do not will be forced or culled.
The dream of a anarchistic utopia where everyone is equal and there is no coercive authority is impossible, and I don't just mean technically, even if you could change people then coercion by authority would be involved.
Part of the problem is that that the majority of adults can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality either. How many people are religious after all? And even if you buy into the silly notion that one religion may be correct, then the billions of people who follow the other religions are still fully believing in fantasy.
But then, simple violence and sex in media does not represent a fundamental attack on human rationality that religion in media does, even though it is somehow seen as more acceptable.
The poor have been so drained by the predation of the wealthy that they have no blood left to sate the appetites of the plutocrats, now their eye turns towards the middle class, and you too will be made poor and then bled.
There can be no more coercive of an authority than a culture that has genetically or chemically engineered its citizens to not require a coercive authority.
The entire indigenous people of the Americas would like to have a word with you.
What specific political party did Snowden "target"?
The intelligence apparatus he confirmed has broad bipartizan support at the highest levels.
Public mass transportation is only relevant in major cities, and completely non-existant in the vast majority of the US. And in those smaller cities where it exists, bus schedules are rarely reliable.
No they do not, and no I am not.
15 years ago I was in a position of doing menial labor. One question on ALL applications for those menial positions with major corporations is "do you have access to reliable transportation?" And every interviewer asked specifically about having a car, emphasizing that public transportation was not an option (often because public transportation is non-existant outside of the larger cities in the US).
It just transforms post production into preproduction, even if the composition of effects can be done concurrently with filming actors, you still have to actually produce the effects. And in this case, you have to rely more on the actors syncing correctly with the effects instead of adjusting the affects to match the actions of the actors.
They are people not employed by wal-mart, 7-11, mcdonalds or another major retailer/fast food joint. If you do not have a car, none of those companies will hire you.
1: you still show up on thermal.
2: you can't outrun an aimbot.
3: it won't be top heavy biped.
4: it calls in air support and levels the building.
Soldiers have qualms of increasing degree when firing on civilians, countrymen, friends and families. AI do not have that problem. This is indeed terrifying.
No. Low end rent is not accessible to the minimum wage. Where I live in the Florida panhandle, the minimum cost for rent and utilities exceeds the monthly pay from a 40 hour per week minimum wage job. Now you also need to cover food and transportation. Minimum wage jobs require reliable transportation, bus service (even in the rare case it is available) does not count, you have to have access to a car or you will not be hired.
That just shows how completely ignorant you are about how expensive it is to be poor. Studio Apartment? Studio apartments cost over $600 a month, not counting utilities. Oops. now you can't eat or pay for transportation.
With a basic income, everyone gets the "handout", even if they do work.
So you wouldn't end up slaving away 8 hours a day to make barely more than survival. Instead you could work as much or as little as you want, depending on how much extra you want for luxury goods and services.
When I lived in Pensacola as a software engineer, I pulled down crap too.
Granted that the cost of living is a lot lower than a big city like SanFran, or New York, but its not low enough that would feel comfortable anywhere near 30k.
A job at wal-mart, 7-11 or McDonalds does not pay well enough to pay rent, food, transportation for a person. And those are jobs that will require a home address and transportation. Even combining 2 such incomes does not allow a pair of people to have reliably cover basic costs. That requires 3 or more people in such positions per household.
No... the real left is thinking that a basic income guarantee is becoming very close to feasible. Perhaps not yet, but we are getting close to the point where the labor generated by people who work for either self fulfillment or access to luxury goods and services can produce enough wealth to provide every household with a basic income capable of covering rent, food and basic utilities.
Florida is even worse. There is jack shit down here for the most part.