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Milkweed and Mimicry(lzeitlin.com)
2 points by mibes 1y ago|0 comments
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by mibes 2y ago
That sounds like loosing control of a protest to me
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by mibes 2y ago
> I would guess that the British Army et al. killed at least as many people in India as were burned alive as part of funerary rites. Interesting. What is this based on? When it comes to killings done by the British forces in India one of
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by mibes 2y ago
British Empire has on the UK National Curriculum since 1988 and was taught in history classes before the introduction of the National Curriculum. This is conveniently forgotten by people looking to make a point. My impression is that a cert
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by mibes 2y ago
Trivially demonstrated by immediate downvotes for posting anything left critical on HN
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by mibes 2y ago
Yep. Reward friends and punish enemies. At long last the right has learned to play the game that the left has played for decades
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by mibes 2y ago
This kind of intervention can be useful in the right groups but (as with NVC) also provides great cloaking for natural manipulators. For example saying "there is a lot of raised emotion in the room" after an individual has blown t
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by mibes 2y ago
Procians bothered by the cost and status of Halikaarnian work. Its not about what "AI" can do, its a about what you can convince people AI can do (which to the Procian is one and the same)
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by mibes 2y ago
I think old distinction between the words "unsociable" meaning not wanting to socialise, and "anti-social" meaning causing trouble to society, is useful. I guess I'm swimming against the tide with this one though
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by mibes 2y ago
Thought for a moment this would be a transcript of the captivating Adam Curtis documentary by the same name.