When you section off a small part of the universe and try to model it, there’s little reason your model should look like a model for a completely different small part of the universe. Not unless they share fundamental characteristics that you’re trying to model. The math that describes permanent deformation looks nothing like fluid dynamics.
I mean in the case of the comic, yeah the reason for the behavior actually is tied to pretty much the same principles, but the generalized statement you made isn’t, well, generalizable.
I mean, it turns out that if we all specialize in one type of labor or another we each become significantly more productive than if we all tried to provide for ourselves as individuals or even small collectives. If we use money as a rough way of storing the value of our labor, we can use that layer of abstraction to trade labor with each other at impersonal scales, benefitting even further from specialization and organization.
I, for one, am glad someone else has gotten super good at growing food and building shelter so that I can concentrate on other things as I desire. I could even become a farmer, if I wanted!
Without specialization the effectiveness of trading labor doesn’t go much beyond just doing favors for each other. I don’t get much value out of having you do a task for me if I can do it comparably as well as you can. I have to weigh the benefit of having someone else work for me and building mutual trust against the cost of being indebted to someone else and the risk of them doing differently to how I would have wanted. If we each specialize, now other people can offer labor that I can’t perform myself, and when they get good enough at their specialty it really starts to outweigh the negative sides of having someone else do the work for you.
I do wonder what fraction of .ml actually tries to unionize their workplace or start a cooperative. Probably higher than most groups, but I’d wager it’s still embarrassingly low.
Money is necessary if you have specialization. You can’t keep track of who has done what favor to whom or how much that favor is really worth. Money is the thing that makes extreme specialization possible.
The thing is it’s actually not inevitable. I suggest you read “How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them,” which is about exactly what it says it’s about.
There are many political tools at your disposal. Voting is one of them. Not voting does not affect change. Unless your political views are “I don’t give a shit” voting is a positive use of your time even if you’re doing other things outside of voting.
Donald Trump’s former White House aide is under fire after a video showed him claiming to distribute fake money to homeless people so that they will be arrested when they spend it....
Try it. Tell the secret service what you’re doing and then record yourself donating fake currency that you’re trying to pass off as real currency. Just keep tagging them until they tell you to stop because it’s totally legal.
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The bear thing is controversial because people are interpreting the core of the question differently and assuming everyone understands the question the same way. Some people view the question as fundamentally “which are you more afraid of?” while others view the question to be “which is more dangerous to interact with?” The answer you give and your justification will depend on the question your answering. If your conversation partner is viewing the question through the other lense both your answer and reasoning will sound idiotic. People who claim the other side is just plain wrong aren’t trying to understand why the other side might have their “wrong” position. People who claim the other side don’t understand them should look to demonstrate to the other side that they can understand their viewpoint, down to the core interpretation of the question, so that they can lead them back up through an alternate interpretation of the question and into their own perspective.
I mean it really depends on how close you’re required to get. If you have to get within arm’s length, I know who I’m picking. If you’re allowed to stay a kilometer away, that changes the question. This is just an extension of the poor definition of the question and why there’s so much arguing.
xkcd #2933: Elementary Physics Paths (imgs.xkcd.com)
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Touching Grass: The Grassening (slrpnk.net)
"Don't Be Weak and Gay," a Missouri GOP Candidate Tells Voters in a New Campaign Ad (www.them.us)
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It's voluntary though (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
How I Defeated Fascism With the Power of Love (media.hachyderm.io)
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X now treats the term cisgender as a slur (www.engadget.com)
Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be privileged and safe (lemmy.world)
Secret Service notified as Trump aide brags about 'causing innocent people to be arrested' (www.rawstory.com)
Donald Trump’s former White House aide is under fire after a video showed him claiming to distribute fake money to homeless people so that they will be arrested when they spend it....
Lemmy is a worse platform for women than Reddit was
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Motherly advice (media.hachyderm.io)
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