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- There are no ends, only means
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- Information only becomes knowledge once it is shared
- You're Supposed to Care
- I can't explain to you why you're supposed to care about other people
Presented without comment, in no particular order:
- We must accept the shadows in order to live in the light
- specialization is for insects
- everybody deserves to have their basic needs met: food, water, shelter, clothing, healthcare, electricity, internet
- nobody is ░▒▝▕▚▞▝, especially on stolen land
- trans rights!
- consciousness is intrinsic to mass; there is something it is like to be an electron
- suffering is inevitable, unnecessary suffering should be minimized
- all humans seek to be understood, first and foremost
- everybody can teach you something
- do no harm, take no shit
- sometimes, violence is necessary
- there are no non radical futures, either we change the structure of society, or the climate does it for us
- nobody is coming to save us
- we can't save everybody, but we must try
- capitalism is violent
- billionaires are a symptom of the failure of neoliberalism, not a goal to aspire to
- art is intrinsically valuable
- private property was a mistake, the earth belongs to everyone (humans, and non-humans alike)
- landlords are parasites, housing is a human right
- some things are worth doing badly
- intellectual property is a sham
- food growth creates population growth, not the other way around
- 12000+ years is a much more accurate time line of human civilization
- fuck lawns, fuck cars, cities should be designed around people instead of vehicles
- no role models
- there is no such thing as an unbiased perspective
- the police cannot be reformed
- we are what we do, not what we say
- truths” are beliefs that are useful for humans in achieving their desired ends
- in the real world there is no such thing as a straight line
- Everything in moderation, including moderation