Had an emotional moment staring at a running faucet this week. We really don't appreciate civilizational infrastructure. Literally "pay as you go" unlimited clean drinkable water delivered to everyone, physically piped straight to you and whisked away as soon as you don't need it.

This is a common experience for me. The wonder of cheap, safe, ( Read more... )

Подумал - а почему бы и нет? Сомневаюсь, что по мне может ударить стигматизация, меня даже с работы не выгонишь. А рассказать есть о чём ( Read more... )

Everyone will not just.

If your solution to some problem relies on "If everyone would just..." then you do not have a solution. Everyone is not going to just. At not time in the history of the universe has everyone just, and they're not going to start now.

Sometimes, groups are genuinely found to differ a bit, on average. For instance, it may be found that men are a bit more dishonest than women or that Chinese kids outperform Americans at math ( Read more... )

Principles ( Read more... )

Одно из самых грустных проявлений, которое я наблюдаю всё чаще - страсть к поляризации идей и отказ от сложного мнения ( Read more... )

Here are 8 signs I look for in an expert to help me determine if they are trustworthy. They ( Read more... )

Over the past 24 hours, thousands of TikToks (at least) have been posted where people share how they just read Bin Laden’s infamous "Letter to America," in which he explained why he attacked the United States ( Read more... )

There is a fairly popular way of thinking that says that when major conflict occurs, it is between a bad, powerful oppressor and an innocent, less powerful victim. This sometimes is a very good model for what’s happening (e.g., some military conquests are like this, as are many abusive relationships and many situations of society-wide prejudice ( Read more... )

It’s important to be able to condemn an action of group X without being interpreted as supporting their opponent, group Y ( Read more... )