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Tony Stark, an addendum.
In my previous post on wealth inequality, I discussed Tony Stark inventing a revolutionary energy producing unit, the advantages to society generally, and that it's nothing unpleasant about him becoming fabulously wealthy and consuming astounding amounts as a result. I'd like to go a little further into the consequences of that occurrence.
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Wealth inequality.
A lot of people talk about this a hell of a lot. They describe it as a terrible injustice, talk about how it wrecks the economy, and is responsible for a whole collection of social ills and problems ( Read more... ) -
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Officer: do you have any charges to press?
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The "conservative Amygdala"
This is something that I have seen a bunch of times now, in various forms. One study indicates that conservatives have larger amygdalas (simplistically described as the "fear center" of the brain) than progressives. Another studied eye movements and noted that conservatives have a "negativity bias", that is, they noticed the unpleasantness in ( Read more... ) -
Short memories.
One of the things that has been striking me in recent years is how amazingly short the memories of most people really are ( Read more... ) -
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is the process of redrawing electoral districts. It's generally used in a negative context as a form of "electoral cheating", because it can, and often does, favor one party over the other ( Read more... ) -
ends and means.
"The ends don't justify the means". That's something that we're hearing a lot of these days ( Read more... ) -
Republican takeover.
A lot of people are complaining about a "betrayal" In that the recent spending deal passed by the house and senate includes funding for both Ocare, and Amnesty. I thought I would offer my take ( Read more... ) -
Unpleasantries.
So, tonight involved an eye-opener... Or maybe not ( Read more... )