#Power

Chris Olah

ch402

Why is fantasy (magic, the force, etc) so emotionally compelling to many of us? Why is actually getting magic-like abilities from technology less profound?I think this points to important unmet

DD

Disembe

People should not blame governors for the mess in healthcare. So long as @MOH_Kenya in Nairobi is still funded more than the 47 counties combined, no healthcare is possible in

John Hayward

Doc_0

Our pretensions to civilization have become very thin. Political violence was legitimized last year and is spreading wildly now. "Might makes right" is clearly the only "principle" behind freedom of

Alexander

alexanderrusso

I have seen more grassroots anger towards school districts and teachers unions in the past year than I can remember in the past decade. Parents' willingness to scrutinize teachers union

Ritika Goel

RitikaGoelTO

So this is what happens when communities push institutions to name and address anti-Black racism, and the institutions claim they know how to do this. I cannot imagine a single

David Clark

daveclark85

1/ Lots of talk in VC about the power law - ie small number of companies that are responsible for a large proportion of overall value. But is this actually

Stephen Clouse

sclouse2

A lot to unpack in a small sentence. But I'll say this: cancel culture is far from the rule of majorities. Social media distorts our perceptions so greatly that the

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

*sips coffee*It strikes me that we need more capacious and nuanced understandings of what "liberalism" is instead of making broad sweeping statements about it. I know, I'm a repeat offender

Stone Free

Stonefree63

To ignore evil.....(Today, while we commemorate Dr. King jr. let us never forget, he didn't die, he was murdered for what he believed, he was killed for the message

Shannon Coulter

shannoncoulter

PSA: solar and wind power actually help to prevent rolling blackouts by feeding excess energy back into the grid, thereby reducing reliance on the grid. This points to another very

Anders Hove

derznovich

You may have heard that China has a lot of wind and solar curtailment, and though it has improved, the system is less flexible than it needs to be. My

lesbian wasteland

lesbianwastes

Things I think you should understand:1 electoralism and representation are scams2 this stopped being a protest movement on day 903 if you keep looking for someone to arrange dopamine hits

Sam Parker 🇺🇲

SamParkerSenate

1. *Thread*A short explanation of "Bicameralism"--one of our founding governing principals DESTROYED by the 17th Amendment. Its elimination was a major factor in enabling the Federal Gov to be captured

Phil Quin

philquin

Presidential pardons are in the news. A brief thread. The pardon power was common in monarchies, including in Britain, and already existed in several state constitutions. As such... (1/12) it

kilgore trout, back in some form

KT_So_It_Goes

trump’s twitter account served as an amplifier for fox news and while I think fox had a plan in place to lose trump from office I don’t think it occurred

WildSeekerRemains

seeker_wild

What inspired this long thread will be left as a surprise for the end, as I don't want to 'poison the well' so to speak- I'll keep it all fresh.Though

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