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I mean, don't you think the use of our tools can shape who you are as a person? It changes our experience of the world, our knowledge, it's definitely a part of our construction as individuals.
I said and done things i wouldn't have if it wasn't for some stranger on the internet changing mind on something.
All the things i learned thanks to the internet definitely made me a better person overall. And it definitely could make you a bad person too.
And yes i wasn't quite there before the internet but as a science nerd i'm so impressed by how far we've got, from the logic and punch cards to internet now. Reducing the size of transistors to nanometer was a crazy journey. There's definitely reasons to be proud.
And i'm really looking forward what AI can do, the latest videos of two minute papers on sora just made my mind blown.
Sure it doesn't change our nature. But i don't think our nature is the only factor in how our society evolve. It's not the only thing that matters to us anymore, i wouldn't be able to talk to you let alone read (i haves glasses). Most of the things we do aren't natural.
Now sure AI isn't really intelligent let alone conscious. But it is such a tool that impacted a lot industry and our daily lives. Writing or art, gaming, programming, all changed to some extent. And it seems to still have a long way to go.
Now of course it will not change that much on its own, but in the future alongside with everything else we're going to invent, i think it will make things change, like previous invention made our modern society.
You don't see how tech is the only reason for the world changing like it does recently?
Internet and digital tech for exemple, is what made Google, Amazon or Facebook...
Their capital didn't came from just the guys running things, pretty far from it. Without them their company would still exist, just with a different name and guy at the top, they would give the same service.
What created those company and the capital is what was invented and developed by programmers and scientists.
And only profit is driving it, not any one person.
Today what is changing things repeatedly is digital techniques like AI.
And let's be honest gafa aren't the one chosing to invest, they just know if it's not them the opportunity to make billions will be to someone else, it's just reality of technical advancement.
And that's what changed our society, always has been. Same could be said about coal, electricity and petrol, cars...
The market just follows the flow of technology, and the problem is that it doesn't care for people in the process, you just can't miss an opportunity.
P.S. I'd also argue it change a lot about US in some sens, it changed our vision of the world, our culture and our way to interact.
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That's a pretty valid point of view. You're right on the fact most are corruptible by power, so i personally wouldn't blame individuals, i only blame the system.
And it's true the better systems didn't last... Doesn't mean we can't try to improve ever so slightly.
Now i'm not sure how much we can learn from history though.
The problem is that our paradigm is changing much too fast alongside our technology.
So i think we can't really predict what the gamble of technology will give us next.
Might be bad, might be good, or something just different, but i bet we will be extremely surprised by how fast change will come.
Society start to become unwell only when the few "monsters" get power, especially in a unbalanced way.
And yes some have and always will try to get it, but i don't think it's very relevant here...
Capitalism is a very powerful way for them to use our economic system to get their power, hence why it's a problem in itself.
And that's also why we could have hope for a system where they can't get power. Democracy is one solution, although limited, for example.
I like the way this is inclusive to everyone too, perfect!
A response both wholesome and a great plot for an antagonist or anti-hero.
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I do agree on your emphasis on solidarity, but in a different way.
I think we see this interweaving especially in movements and realistic actions. Because people have values that connect the two together, as well as connecting us. Solidarity is such a value, as well as equality.
But, technically i think the world isn't very restrictive on what ideas can work together. Technically we can have socialism with racism or sexism, it's just a less common point of view in our cultures. And same for a capitalism that's not discriminatory, that's might be harder to achieve but it's a real stance, based on other values...
I think the main problem for leftist in general is that we must also learn to accept some differences in our point of views. Even being able to fight with people that doesn't share said values.
That's the solidarity we lack the most, with differences regarding our opinions.
I think that's what get rid of this what's "first" idea, as well as having multiple fights, all more powerful and with less hollow debates.
Rarer and rarer are the movement that do that correctly in my opinion. We form communities based on our strong values which is great.
But capitalists or politicians thrive on this drawback of having strong values. They use it to pit us against each other. Inside the left, and also by radicalization of both left and right ideologies. Though media like internet especially.
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I mostly think one facilitates the other. Helping the poor helps in the sens they can then fight discrimination more effectively.
And that's why we could think we should start by solving the more recent problem of classes first.
To be honest the lines between the two fights probably blurs to thoses who wants both because they value equality first right?
But it's also true that it doesn't apply that well to everything completely. Abortion is indeed a very good example.
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In asia the bugs are often put with other condiments, lollipop, spices etc... to make them taste something.
And they are mostly like snacks. I don't know any culture that have them take the place of a meat in a dish.
Land bugs mostly have pretty blend or bad taste, regardless of their looks anyway. In Asia they often add spices to make them taste something.
It's a bit like snails too, it's not that tasty itself, the only reason it's good is because it tastes like the butter and garlic we put in.
And for both it's mostly the texture that's off putting. Some people can grow used to the texture though.
It's gross sure but i never understood how that would make someone stop eating it. For me no matter how gross something is the taste is the only thing that matters.
Other examples, rabbit's brain, black pudding, or in general how we kill most animals to make steak... It's always creepy, gross or a bit disturbing, but it never changed my taste for it.
Ho cool, I've just learned about them, they are not common where i live. They seem fun haha!
Bumblebee are extremely cute too, very peaceful and extra fluffy.
I think it did change me yes, it made me grow in a way i wouldn't otherwise. Helped me with my emotions and empathy in a way i wouldn't have found around me.
And that's the thing, making communication or information easier to get also forces you into discovery. Laziness, at least in that regard, is well anchored in our nature too. I could have learn though books or teachers, but there's plenty i'm pretty sure i wouldn't have.
An ironic example is programming, if i only had the programming course i've had in the first year of college i probably wouldn't have learned much, it was boring as hell. But i learned programming by myself the summer before, with a c++ tutorial and the intent on creating 2d games. And that was extremely fun for me, to the point i took more courses on the topic later on for my own studies in maths.
Yeah i really can't bring myself to understand what it was like back when drive where 10mb or less. Any software now is so much bigger it's crazy. Latest thing i remember is downloading film with torrent and how slow that was. I'm pretty sure my 4G is faster almost in the same order of magnitude.