Tyranny of the majority is a well known term, and my point is perfectly clear. What's yours, argue for the sake of arguing?
Not all democratic rules are tyrannic. For example speed limits don't harm anyone and benefit the society in general. The DST rule of time change, on the other hand, is something completely artificial that people have lived perfectly fine without for thousands of years. It causes significant harm including death in a minority group of people. You can't be more tyrannic than that.
For normal people the time change is a minor annoyance. You have to be someone with a major case of DSPD to fully appreciate its negative impact on your life.
P.S. Typo in my original post. Should be "genetic" instead of "generic".
I am an extreme night owl by nature. It's something generic according to the latest research. I try my best to fit in with "normal" people's schedule, and get by OK for most part with a painstakingly maintained bedtime. But twice a year, the time switch throws me off for weeks at a time. It has been a struggle of a lifetime.
If there is one textbook example of the tyranny of the majority, this is it. We need to get rid of it in the states too.
It's The Outer Limits for the 21st century (which by the way is another great series, although I only watched the 90's remake). Currently it has three seasons with about a dozen episodes, all worth your time. Season 4 is supposed to come out this fall.
One episode, San Junipero, hit me particularly hard. I don't ever watch a movie/show more than once, but San Junipero is the only one ever that I've watched three times so far and cried my eyes out each time. It managed to pack so much emotion and human condition into 60 minutes. Although you do need to be old enough (I'd say 35, at least) to appreciate the sense of mortality and the extra layer of nostalgia.
There is no escape from the human condition. Technology merely amplifies it.
The internet was supposed to break down barriers and make the world a global village. But instead, for better or worse, we now have virtual enclaves of like-minded people who would never have found each other without the internet and social media.
The future is uncertain. Will it turns out to be an utopia, or dystopia? Your answer reflects your own worldview.
Well that's how the "free" market is supposed to work. If they win out in the end, who are we to judge their culture isn't the better one? Food for thought, anyway.
No. The ideology of the left can be loosely summarized as "live and let live". They simply can't have a dialog with someone who starts with "I can't let you live".
A couple of options. 1. Ignore the person interrupting and keep talking, loudly but calmly. Sometimes I say "let me finish" and they always shut up. You may feel you are being rude when talking over someone but again it doesn't matter. 2. Drop it and get your idea across some other way. Being social is much more about people than ideas.
"90% of communication is nonverbal (tonality, gesture etc.)."
"People don't remember what you said, but they won't forget how you make them feel."
I had the same problem, until one day I realized that it matters very little what you say.
Nerds, intellectuals have this notion that all social interactions must be perfectly structured, insightful, witty, impactful. It might be true if you are at a physics conference, or a Mensa meeting, but not with the rest, 90% of the population. For most, being social is all about being relaxed, being silly, and having fun.
So next time, just say whatever the first thought that comes to your mind. The fact that you are saying something, anything at any given moment, means that you are the center of attention, which in turn gives the aura of being relevant and social.
Bottom line, get out of your own head and stop worrying about how you look or sound like to other people, because it doesn't matter and people don't care. You'll actually be at your best when you stop being self-conscious. And over time, you'll get the hang of it.
The Great Wall was started before 200 B.C., but much of what we see today was rebuilt in the 1500s Ming dynasty, when Zheng He's epic around-the-world voyage occurred. His fleet was 300 ship strong, with the capital ship's size comparable to modern day aircraft carriers. Here is an image comparing Zheng He's ship and Columbus':
Sadly, after the voyage, they decided they didn't want anything to do with the rest of the barbarian world. The emperor declared it a capital offense for anyone to own a ship with more than one mask, and ordered to build/rebuild the wall.
Cook is way too optimistic. If all of us stopped for a minute to think things through, we wouldn't have been in the mess we are in. Can't blame him though. A large part of the man's job is to think, so he thinks (pun intended) it comes natural for everyone. It's the reverse Dunning–Kruger effect.
Someone told Democrat presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1950s, “You are doing great. All thinking men are with you.” “No,” Stevenson replied. “I need a majority.”
Sure, from the POV of a long enough time-scale -- that is, if you sufficiently compress the time-scale, all blips and dips get smoothed out in the data plot. You can't see the ~100 years of a human life span, or even ~10,000 years of recorded history of human civilization.
But it doesn't mean we don't exist. You just need to zoom in. Again, it's a matter of POV.
Same concept: Just because we live on Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot -- viewed from a large enough distance, it doesn't make daily struggles of yours and mine any less real.
That's precisely when you want to get out, i.e. sell. You don't want to sell at the rock bottom, do you?
Another recession is overdue, and it's coming within the next 4 years. It's the nature of the economic cycle. There is nothing Trump (or for that matter, Clinton) can do about it. We wouldn't be a capitalist society if the president has any real control over the economy.
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Tyranny of the majority is a well known term, and my point is perfectly clear. What's yours, argue for the sake of arguing?
Not all democratic rules are tyrannic. For example speed limits don't harm anyone and benefit the society in general. The DST rule of time change, on the other hand, is something completely artificial that people have lived perfectly fine without for thousands of years. It causes significant harm including death in a minority group of people. You can't be more tyrannic than that.
For normal people the time change is a minor annoyance. You have to be someone with a major case of DSPD to fully appreciate its negative impact on your life.
P.S. Typo in my original post. Should be "genetic" instead of "generic".
They tried DST for a few years, found no benefit, and promptly ended it. Something to be said about an authoritarian style government.
I am an extreme night owl by nature. It's something generic according to the latest research. I try my best to fit in with "normal" people's schedule, and get by OK for most part with a painstakingly maintained bedtime. But twice a year, the time switch throws me off for weeks at a time. It has been a struggle of a lifetime.
If there is one textbook example of the tyranny of the majority, this is it. We need to get rid of it in the states too.
There's a Black Mirror episode called Be Right Back exploring the concept. In general all episodes of this show are superbly done.
Washington Post allows comments on every article, that appear to be real time with excellent S/N ratio.
It's The Outer Limits for the 21st century (which by the way is another great series, although I only watched the 90's remake). Currently it has three seasons with about a dozen episodes, all worth your time. Season 4 is supposed to come out this fall.
One episode, San Junipero, hit me particularly hard. I don't ever watch a movie/show more than once, but San Junipero is the only one ever that I've watched three times so far and cried my eyes out each time. It managed to pack so much emotion and human condition into 60 minutes. Although you do need to be old enough (I'd say 35, at least) to appreciate the sense of mortality and the extra layer of nostalgia.
There is no escape from the human condition. Technology merely amplifies it.
The internet was supposed to break down barriers and make the world a global village. But instead, for better or worse, we now have virtual enclaves of like-minded people who would never have found each other without the internet and social media.
The future is uncertain. Will it turns out to be an utopia, or dystopia? Your answer reflects your own worldview.
He will go down history as the man who brought together Gates and Jobs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
(It's an interesting video to watch even though I've posted this before.)
Seattle is where both Amazon and UPS were founded. What is he complaining about?
Well that's how the "free" market is supposed to work. If they win out in the end, who are we to judge their culture isn't the better one? Food for thought, anyway.
From pewresearch.org:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fac...
No. The ideology of the left can be loosely summarized as "live and let live". They simply can't have a dialog with someone who starts with "I can't let you live".
First time I came across this guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Apparently tigers work better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
A couple of options. 1. Ignore the person interrupting and keep talking, loudly but calmly. Sometimes I say "let me finish" and they always shut up. You may feel you are being rude when talking over someone but again it doesn't matter. 2. Drop it and get your idea across some other way. Being social is much more about people than ideas.
"90% of communication is nonverbal (tonality, gesture etc.)."
"People don't remember what you said, but they won't forget how you make them feel."
I had the same problem, until one day I realized that it matters very little what you say.
Nerds, intellectuals have this notion that all social interactions must be perfectly structured, insightful, witty, impactful. It might be true if you are at a physics conference, or a Mensa meeting, but not with the rest, 90% of the population. For most, being social is all about being relaxed, being silly, and having fun.
So next time, just say whatever the first thought that comes to your mind. The fact that you are saying something, anything at any given moment, means that you are the center of attention, which in turn gives the aura of being relevant and social.
Bottom line, get out of your own head and stop worrying about how you look or sound like to other people, because it doesn't matter and people don't care. You'll actually be at your best when you stop being self-conscious. And over time, you'll get the hang of it.
This. And The Wall.
The Great Wall was started before 200 B.C., but much of what we see today was rebuilt in the 1500s Ming dynasty, when Zheng He's epic around-the-world voyage occurred. His fleet was 300 ship strong, with the capital ship's size comparable to modern day aircraft carriers. Here is an image comparing Zheng He's ship and Columbus':
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.e...
Sadly, after the voyage, they decided they didn't want anything to do with the rest of the barbarian world. The emperor declared it a capital offense for anyone to own a ship with more than one mask, and ordered to build/rebuild the wall.
Incidentally, Zheng He was a Muslim.
Good point.. But it does say "honorary" before the "doctorate".
Cook is way too optimistic. If all of us stopped for a minute to think things through, we wouldn't have been in the mess we are in. Can't blame him though. A large part of the man's job is to think, so he thinks (pun intended) it comes natural for everyone. It's the reverse Dunning–Kruger effect.
Someone told Democrat presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1950s, “You are doing great. All thinking men are with you.” “No,” Stevenson replied. “I need a majority.”
Sure, from the POV of a long enough time-scale -- that is, if you sufficiently compress the time-scale, all blips and dips get smoothed out in the data plot. You can't see the ~100 years of a human life span, or even ~10,000 years of recorded history of human civilization.
But it doesn't mean we don't exist. You just need to zoom in. Again, it's a matter of POV.
Same concept: Just because we live on Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot -- viewed from a large enough distance, it doesn't make daily struggles of yours and mine any less real.
It's simple physics. Voice requires more energy than a few taps on the screen.
They should've funded a brain-scanning gadget for Apple IIs.
https://hardware.slashdot.org/...
They should've funded a brain-scanning gadget for Apple IIs.
https://hardware.slashdot.org/...
Very interesting perspective. Goes to show that there's no justice in this world, only competing self interests.
BTW, posts like this are the reason why I'm still on Slashdot.
Dow is at all time highs.
That's precisely when you want to get out, i.e. sell. You don't want to sell at the rock bottom, do you?
Another recession is overdue, and it's coming within the next 4 years. It's the nature of the economic cycle. There is nothing Trump (or for that matter, Clinton) can do about it. We wouldn't be a capitalist society if the president has any real control over the economy.