I agree, the headline is very disproportionate. Especially if you watch the response in Russian, he simply says that rather than philanthropy, a level playing field (fair trade) would help the Russian IT sector. This is hardly news. A link to the video in Russian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWwcVckT2Io
Thats the existentialist argument. I've never known anyone who bought it completely. Saying "We're meat sacks! Do whatever you want!" not only feels wrong but is impractical (it literally gives you no guidance).
I think the problem is that we've forgotten why we're here and where we have been. You think there is anything special about your life? We are all descended from countless humans that have come before us and lived the same life, with one exception. Had just one of them along your ancestral line thought "I'm a meat sack! I don't need to do anything!", you wouldn't be here today.
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I agree, the headline is very disproportionate. Especially if you watch the response in Russian, he simply says that rather than philanthropy, a level playing field (fair trade) would help the Russian IT sector. This is hardly news. A link to the video in Russian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWwcVckT2Io
Is George Lucas directing?
Thats the existentialist argument. I've never known anyone who bought it completely. Saying "We're meat sacks! Do whatever you want!" not only feels wrong but is impractical (it literally gives you no guidance).
I think the problem is that we've forgotten why we're here and where we have been. You think there is anything special about your life? We are all descended from countless humans that have come before us and lived the same life, with one exception. Had just one of them along your ancestral line thought "I'm a meat sack! I don't need to do anything!", you wouldn't be here today.