CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@CSchwartz The future, as they say, is not evenly distributed.

If in some dystopian future you *must* use the deskilling machine, you'll be able to pick it up in very little time and lie to your employer about how long you've been using it. (Don't feel bad, they deserve it.)

You will never get "left behind" by not learning a "skill" aimed squarely at deskilling.

@dave @artemis Notably, the reason the hostages in the 1973 bank robbery in Stockholm (from which we got the notion of "Stockholm Syndrome") began siding with the robber was because he was seen to be negotiating in good faith and taking steps to preserve the lives of the hostages, whereas the police seemed to be acting recklessly, without regard for the lives of the hostages. The behavior of Iran versus the US in this war has been bringing this to mind for me quite often as of late.

@davidgerard In the same vein as "if we shame the 'ephebophiles,' they'll just engage in even WORSE behavior, so we should accept and normalize them."

@mcc Capitalists always need a bottleneck so they can erect a tollbooth.

@hal_pomeranz @hacks4pancakes Feels like the world has suddenly gone completely incompetent.