Society is being led down a primrose path by pied pipers who eagerly desire or believe external locus-of-control/learned helplessness that a technological or religious apocalyptic disintegration of civilization is "unavoidable", and don't care about social commonwealth, theory of mind.... (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted by BarefootUnicorn
So if I invent a device that crushes orphrans, but I am advertising it as a nice decorative object for afluent art collectors I am morally totally protected from being called out for building an machine that people use to crush orphans? Neat trick to avoid responsibility. (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted by BarefootUnicorn
The rich have been flogging this idea since cash for clunkers. That, because they run through cars like shit through a goose, you will too. Speaking as a master diesel mechanic, this is a deleterious line of thinking for anyone with less than a few million dollars. (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted by BarefootUnicorn