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@macius Sep 12, 2018, 8:47 AM UTC

No war but class war?

Yes, generally it is useful to view struggles around the world as not democracy vs tyranny, or left vs right, or women against men, or whatever artificial division line is drawn by those who divide t…

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@macius Sep 6, 2018, 9:09 PM UTC

The future is here

Yesterday I met a friend of mine, after about 5 years gap. We talked about many things, life updates, where-have-you-been, what-did-you-see, etc. We talked about technology (we're sysadmins), work, e…

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@macius Apr 12, 2018, 12:17 AM UTC

Sound of one hand clapping...

...is the sound of a facepalm. That's how enlightenment works. That's when you wake up, and however tempting it might seem (it worked on you, has it not?) you can't just facepalm other people to make…

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@macius Apr 4, 2018, 4:35 PM UTC

How to get rid of gods

I'm re-reading The Black Company by Glen Cook. Quite awesome dark fantasy. Recommended. One quote just made me smile: > But how do you get rid of a god? Is there any religion where they teach you…

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@macius Mar 14, 2018, 11:53 AM UTC

Post-scarcity

There are two sides to this coin. Usually coins have two sides, and in cases like pos-scarcity one side is quite visible, the other not so much. The visible side is "enough of everything for everyone…

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@macius Jan 21, 2018, 3:33 AM UTC

Function of money

It is probably obvious to most, but I had this thought recently - the primary function of money is limiting access to scarce resources. All resources are scarce by definition, to varying degree, alth…

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@macius Nov 21, 2017, 12:40 PM UTC

Family vs society

A quick though: why is family considered to be a basic building block of society? Family is fundamental to individual's life and wellbeing (unless you are a real lone wolf, gunslinger and a tragic he…

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@macius Nov 20, 2017, 5:49 PM UTC

Unification

I was going to start with a slogan example illustrating a point, but I realized I need to make a disclaimer, because it came out quite offensive :) The example was similarity between "one nation unde…

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@macius Nov 15, 2017, 11:28 AM UTC

List of worries

Continuing briefly the previous post, there is another thing to add - have you noticed that people more often worry and are willing to talk about things that they can neither change not confirm? It i…

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@macius Nov 14, 2017, 1:14 PM UTC

Consistency

It seems important. Consistency. Especially when it comes to one's worldview. Here's one short thing I laughed about recently - insignificant and I'm not that proud of picking it up, but hey. There i…

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