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if one were to accept that the chaotic & ineffective governance was a function of error rather than planning, well, that would mean that our societal coordination systems are deeply flawed

there's few problems more terrifying than that of decentralized coordination failure

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clearly the universe is Just, so it cannot be that incompetents end up in position of power; there must be something more, some order to the chaos. no, its that they're not incompetent at all, but rather lying to us about their goals!

much easier to deal with a concrete enemy

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this variant, however, cannot be attributed to individual misconduct, as it deals w/ governance & policy; clearly the badness is flowing down from on high. but how is it generated? it would be Unjust were it simply benign incompetence, so instead it must be malicious conniving.

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the standard Just Universe drives people to attribute unfortunate outcomes to individual misconduct: if you got cancer, well, it's probably bc you deserved it somehow; the universe/god wouldn't let bad things happen to good people!

a pernicious metaphysical error; few are immune

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many conspiratorial worldviews seem to be based on a sort of inverse Hanlon's razor, which is itself a perverted Just Universe fallacy; it would be painful to accept that the universe does not have an order, so it's better to posit that there are bad people in charge causing evil
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RT @AntiVaxSexPest
the vax mandate isn’t just a way of selecting for compliance and purging the disobedient - it’s a way of purging those who are able …
twitter.com/AntiVaxSexPest/sta

ratio of (beds made / days) as metric of alignment with future Self

credit as time magick
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RT @a_yawning_cat
a bank run is in essence a rejection of credit as money. credit is future money brought forward into the present day & makes up the bulk of all economic fuel & acitivity which is the Stuff That Hoomans Do
twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/stat

another version of the same idea

interesting how the valence is subtly different, not exactly sure why

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RT @CSMFHT

twitter.com/CSMFHT/status/1463

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sorry if this is mean but if this is u mb use it as a signal to check if you've calcified

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human emulation will allow for the development of truly autonomous drones much earlier than we're able to develop AI G-enough to be adaptable to arbitrary adversarial conditions

the desire for uploaded specops units will drive development of the tech
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RT @atroyn
since 1945 national sovereignty has been defined by the possession of nuclear weaponry and credible deployment systems. all states are either a nuclear power or else clients of …
twitter.com/atroyn/status/1461

the holidays are the yearly final exam for your spiritual growth
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RT @VividVoid_
Hey, I see a lot of you struggling with the prospect of seeing family tomorrow.

I get it, I am from a family that was all but wrecked by addiction and codependence. Most of them still struggle with drugs and depression.

For ppl from broken homes, holidays are damn hard.
twitter.com/VividVoid_/status/

who was talking about Arcane (LoL anime)? was it @SeanMombo? anyway it's seriously good, was not expecting that. fantastic animation, setting, world-building, characters, themes etc. really enjoying it and I've never played league

highly encourage this sort of reductio ad absurdum for any and all IFLS-speak. either speak. colloquially or I'm gunna be pedantic about your definitions. pet peeve
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RT @sarah_zrf
going to start saying "cum" instead of "dopamine" for that abstract concept that wasn't actually dopamine anyway. "tabbing to twitter for a quick burst of cum" etc
twitter.com/sarah_zrf/status/1

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