rustmachine

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by rustmachine 1y ago
I switched to amplenote, which im very happy with. And i tried all the other notetaking apps, from jopling (hate the lack of wysiwyg editor) over obsidian and all the rest. Amplenote is the first note-app I decided to pay for. It does every
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by rustmachine 4y ago
in what way did it turn out to refer to those things? Community-based health care seems to me like a way of saying that mental health is connected closely to the community you are a part of, and that this community therefore can play a big
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by rustmachine 5y ago
100 years ago the west were in the middle of a very powerful industrial upswing which relied completely and explicitly on the exploitation of less developed countries. They maintained political and economic power through military force, whi
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by rustmachine 5y ago
Thank you for a very thorough reply. Interesting read. We very obviously read different things. Basically what I hear you saying is: we have the technology, we can do it. Please correct me if im reading you wrong. And sure, that is the hope
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by rustmachine 5y ago
The natural ressources to maintain the cost of living in a rich country like mine (denmark) is so high, that it is impossible to imagine all the people in the world maintaining a similar living standard. Im talking not only the glass in my
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by rustmachine 5y ago
Santa fe university has some interesting papers on groupthink as a complexity problem, and their podcast 'complexity' deals with it in several episodes. Mirta Galesic does research in social decisionmaking, and if you're inte
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by rustmachine 5y ago
I agree with this, well put. Are people evil, or are our structures and systems so complex that we are unable to find best solutions? Honestly, I think evil is a byproduct of the complexity of our society. There are no quick fixes. Everythi
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by rustmachine 5y ago
I dont know. I think you underestimate how difficult it is to make big organisations work well. As soon as any organisation grows large enough (say, a large municipality), it becomes an incredibly difficult task to run it perfectly. Everyon
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by rustmachine 5y ago
Cool project, and cool resultats. As an anthropologist who reads HN as a way to keep abreast of the tech community and tech insights, its interesting to see atlas shrugged as one of the most often recommended books. Interesting and maybe sl
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by rustmachine 6y ago
Thanks so much for sharing. I've been fascinated by Bateson for a long time, but i didnt know much about the environment he did his thinking in, nor how/if his ideas had ever had any political influence. This article was very illu