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noahpinion.blog

In essence, humans were always what we now call edge compute — little devices that reported data back to a central world-mind. Except the world-mind we reported to wasn't a computer; it was society itself — the network of corporations, governments, universities, and human networks that disseminated human knowledge and coordinated our actions.
— Noah Smith

1mo ago

The moment you have protected an individual you have protected society which is made up of individuals. The moment you have lost the individual you have lost everything.

2mo ago

The demand for continuity is the death of the soul, which thrives on change. And what is true of the soul is true of the society which the soul has made in its image.

2mo ago

noahpinion.blog

What defines Japan's national identity?

America is a flexible society that is rigid when it comes to religion; Japan is the opposite, a rigid society with a surprising flexibility when it comes to faith.

3mo ago

To believe in a child is to believe in the future. Through their aspirations they will save the world. A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. But a nation that destroys its children has no future worth saving.

3mo ago

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bonds to each other. It is the most basic and fundamental institution in our lives—and one that requires more care, protection, and support than ever before.

5mo ago

3quarksdaily.com

The Quantity Theory of Morality – raucously inventive state-of-the-nation satire

the surface of the collective psyche was like the worn, stripy ticking of an old mattress. If you punched into its coiled hide at any point, another part would spring up – there was no action without reaction, no laughter without tears, no normality without its pissing accompanist.

6mo ago

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