I only have one exception to take and that is historical.
And I know it only because I am old. Feminism has never been less radical.
Feminists have never been more conciliatory and timid than they are today. I am just gunna throw that out there
Bluebeard puts a pin in midcentury American painting it should be required reading for anyone who wants to pretend to be an artist. Kurt himself said you could skip all of his books and just read Catch-22 instead.
We have always been at war with Eurasia This is not even about terrorism, Law enforcement or public safety. the NSA exists to channel pork. The contractors need to get paid.
yes their political power distorts markets, culture and democracy.
This is what I have been saying endless growth in a finite environment is not exactly a great survival plan.
The funny part is that "this startup is going to fail" is actually a great heuristic for winning a whole lot of bets. If one could figure out a way to place a bet against the success of each internet venture lots of money could be made. Youarenotgoingtomakeit.com each new business puts down say 100 dollars saying they will be successful in 5 years (criteria must be met) after that time we cut them a check for $1000. Most fail we pocket the money $$$ heh anyone in?
I think the hubski idea is scale-able. Structurally it is the same as twitter.
Because of this I think Twitter problems are more likely than Reddit problems. Twitter has super twits but if you don't like them just don't follow them. I think you have a point that hubski could promote super-users and cults of personality @kleinbloo@ an mk have around 6 times as many followers as I do the thing is there is hardly a split as a 3rd of my followers also follow klein and half follow mk. The system is too porous to allow tightly controlled fiefdoms.
There is power to high follower counts but not really any control.
Okay but be sensitive to littlebirdie underlying poem. understanding and reinforcement is more interesting than parody.
To me at least.