No, it does not. It preserves them as they where. Spreading of cultures that can not build institutions and uphold the rule of law does. To which stanford contributed considerately. The faction that can not build a working economic system and yearns to rule the economic system, is also incapable to build working societies, institutions and rule of law.
feels like you think social media is bad for other people but not you. every single one of you is posting on social media right now, whilst making the case its evil or a problem or bad or some negative descriptor. people who think its only bad for kids are quick to bring porn up, but that issue is itself an emotional reaction. remember when prior to the 1950s they said homosexuality was bad for mental health then once it became socially acceptable, there was suddenly "evidence" to the contrary.
>Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that".
It was also not very unique? The social intimidation like arresting family members, public shaming and widespread people spying on people are just the cookie cutter template? China, NK are still cooking this recipe.
The GDR had possibly the highest ratio of secret police (Stasi) employees per # population in world history, it was really ridiculous how paranoid that government was. About 0.5% of the population were Stasi employees and an additional 1% were "inofficial employees", informers.
Its also the measly rewards that they did it for. In a dysfunctional economy, some people sold out there family and friends, cutting them of forever, for as little as a cheeseburger now and then.
? What strange moral posturing is this? Of course there is good that can exists in parallel to bad deeds. Invent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process fertilizer that feeds the planet and your contributions to poison gas are forgotten. Not forgiven.
But science and progress are decoupled from whatever a person contributes. And even a disgusting person, while it should be kept from power, should be capable to contribute to science and progress. Even a insane nazi can feed half africa, while the most saint like person, may give humanity nothing.
The value society assigns is not the value a person has. The value is determined by the objective outcomes the person produces. Werner von Braun has done more for humanity then all of the socialist icons combined. He is still a disgusting person.
Imagine humanity like a spacestation. Science and Industry forming the hull, society on the interior, hard physics on the outside. The things a EVA worker contributes to all life inside the hull, can be substantial while he is a useless drunk on the inside. And somebody with a fishbowl over his head, cosplaying astronaut on the inside contributes nothing. Somebody yelling - redistribute the spacesuits, its cold in here - does more damage to society, then the useless drunk ever will.
Townscaper is a nice one like this; it has very few features or gameplay, just a sandbox tech demo for a very cool take on model synthesis / "wave function collapse" on an irregular grid. The game is mostly carried by the novelty of this mechanic (and also the pleasant art.)
Do you mean therapy is designed to teach outcasts how to fit better into the machine? I would agree with that, and while I hate that it is partly true and reject anything like this for myself in general, individual happiness sometimes correlates with greasing your wheels to be a better subject.
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