The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all.
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert Thanks a lot for writing that. It helps. I have mostly additional questions, sorry:
- A lot of problems are related to "Big sth". Can we make/keep power small?
- Politicians/bosses that act completely different than promised, without mentioning new circumstances and insights. Can we make that more difficult?
- Next to self-censorship there's also self-bribery
- What might seem like an innocent little preference, can result in systemic problems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Polygons -
The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert Thanks for mentioning Sudan
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert well, if Jan Rotmans is right, we are living through a transition period. At the same time we have a failing educational system with increasingly stupid people at graduation time. So, basically, we're doomed. If I was any younger I think I would be on the barricades.
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert Isn't the "answer" to your open question just Ostrogorski's paradox? In the end it's all about priorities, making one topic politically (electorally) important leads to other topics getting solutions no one wants.
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert Thank you, Bert.
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert thanks a lot. Really. Thanks a lot.
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert
Adding the seventh incredibile thing, the larger repository of open source/ free software is owned by the most closed source, monopolist, AI addicted company, that freely can dig in the repository for their own interests. And it's icon is at the bottom of your blog page. -
The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert Zou dit allemaal misschien komen door het geloof dat oneindig economische groei mogelijk is op een eindige planeet?
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert Thank you for expressing eloquently what i feel. Lets try to be useful.
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@bert_hubert Zou dit allemaal misschien komen door het geloof dat oneindig economische groei mogelijk is op een eindige planeet?
@IngeMH20 ik probeer te voorkomen te grote theorieën te hebben over mensen. Ik weet wel zeker dat we als mensheid enorme moeite hebben met bedreigingen die wat verder weg zijn serieus te nemen. Als dat zou lukken zouden we niet zo stom stemmen.
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@bert_hubert Thank you for expressing eloquently what i feel. Lets try to be useful.
@GrijzeBeamerNL I have just the link! https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/on-being-useful/ - and thank you for the kind words.
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert Thanks for ending with the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. As long as there is also still brilliant stuff like the Hitchhiker’s Guide, we’ll be okay. And so will you! You’re doing a lot of good.
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@bert_hubert Thanks for ending with the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. As long as there is also still brilliant stuff like the Hitchhiker’s Guide, we’ll be okay. And so will you! You’re doing a lot of good.
@mkoek @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social ik hou vol! Dank je!
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@bert_hubert Thanks for ending with the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. As long as there is also still brilliant stuff like the Hitchhiker’s Guide, we’ll be okay. And so will you! You’re doing a lot of good.
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@IngeMH20 ik probeer te voorkomen te grote theorieën te hebben over mensen. Ik weet wel zeker dat we als mensheid enorme moeite hebben met bedreigingen die wat verder weg zijn serieus te nemen. Als dat zou lukken zouden we niet zo stom stemmen.
@bert_hubert Een vorm van hyperbolic discounting? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_discounting
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@hmblank did my link time out? Tell me everything about your internet connection please!
@bert_hubert Right now I'm on my phone's hotspot - Fairphone 3 with KPN subcription. No complaints even with YouTube and watching TV. But your links don't work, the second one doesn't either.
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@bert_hubert Right now I'm on my phone's hotspot - Fairphone 3 with KPN subcription. No complaints even with YouTube and watching TV. But your links don't work, the second one doesn't either.
@hmblank kan je het nog eens proberen? Heb wat dingen aangepast.
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert
Your story reads like on the beach by nevil shute. The novel that since long stands in the shadow of 1984, but is not less important. -
The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert Hang in there!
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The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
@bert_hubert The word 'simulacrum' is popular of late.
The word indicates a false reality to cover for the fact that behind it there is no reality.
Take the manosphere: it is not about being a man and somehow manliness is espoused continously. Take government IT: the paper reality looks great.
