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Exact-Permission5319 t1_jd4ugft wrote
Hopefully we can make this prohibitively expensive so the treatment actually helps as few people as possible. The real promise of this medicine is that insurance companies will make a ton of profit from this.
Exact-Permission5319 t1_j7btbpq wrote
Reply to Are cultural changes more important than technological ones to solve environmental and capitalism issues? by G-Funk_with_2Bass
Hi Everyone - just a few things to remember
Capitalism will not sell you the tools to end capitalism.
You cannot use the language of oppression to dismantle oppression.
Technology as an extension of capitalism will only sell you technology for consumption and capitalism. This is why we have tons of fun gadgets but not sustainable renewable energy sources.
Remember that the driver behind everything is profit - not change, not improvement, not sustainability - just profit.
Think of it this way - what is the purpose of food in a capitalist system? In capitalism, the purpose of food is to make money. Food is not used to feed people, it is used to make a profit. When it is not profitable to feed people, we throw the food away. The lesson is that capitalism corrupts everything - even the most fundamental and necessary human processes.
Exact-Permission5319 t1_iypo8dp wrote
Reply to comment by Crazocrates in Studies have shown that individuals with excessive smartphone use behaviors may exhibit reduced gray matter volume anterior cingulate cortex, altered functional connectivity and changes in activity in various parts of the cortex during processing of emotions. by OpenlyFallible
A "good" thing is relative ... caring too much about others is not necessarily detrimental to society. It might be detrimental to the individual, but not to society at large. A lack of empathy, and generally not caring about anything to the point of nihilism could be incredibly destructive to society.
Exact-Permission5319 t1_iypb6l7 wrote
Reply to Studies have shown that individuals with excessive smartphone use behaviors may exhibit reduced gray matter volume anterior cingulate cortex, altered functional connectivity and changes in activity in various parts of the cortex during processing of emotions. by OpenlyFallible
It's saying that users' emotional processing is impacted. Probably something similar to compassion fatigue, where being shown a serious news story, followed by a silly story, followed by a serious story, etc etc over and over in cycles reduces our ability to actually care about things.
Bit by bit, our agency is being taken away, and we aren't really even aware of it.
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Reply to Modern Slavery Is a Global Problem in All Renewable Energy Supply Chains: New Report by chrisdh79
Slavery is a problem because corporations are corrupt and governments are complicit. Don't pass this off on consumers like, "oh you can't have renewable energy because of the slavery." FUCK YOU. Fix your supply chains. Take a tiny bit less profit so the world can be a safe place for everyone.
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Reply to Robots will roam a university to study “a socio-technical problem” — will wander a Texas campus so researchers can study human-robot relations. by marketrent
Stop making us the guinea pigs for the technology that will one day enslave us. Fuck these people. They are selling us the rope they plan to hang us with.
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Reply to The Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a melting point of no return by Vucea
The whole climate has been at a tipping point for the last 30 years but it hasn't tipped. It's all a hoax.