Readit Newsanimal_spirits commented on Why are there so many rationalist cults? asteriskmag.com/issues/11... · Posted by u/glenstein
> If someone is in a group that is heading towards dysfunctionality, try to maintain your relationship with them; don’t attack them or make them defend the group. Let them have normal conversations with you.
This is such an important skill we should all have. I learned this best from watching the documentary Behind the Curve, about flat earthers, and have applied it to my best friend diving into the Tartarian conspiracy theory.
animal_spirits commented on A brief history of the absurdities of the Soviet Union laurivahtre.ee/empire-of-... · Posted by u/Maro
> The best system
The best system for growth. It's important to point out that Capitalism won because it grew faster. But nothing can grow forever--certainly not exponentially--so we're now finding out how poorly late stage Capitalism copes with slowing growth and population. Oh, and that little looming thing about environmental consequences.
I will point out that in capitalist systems, the money saved by the efficiencies can be put towards more environmentally positive products and technologies. Electric cars for example were very expensive, and it was the wealthy that were able to demand them, drive the market, push prices down so more middle class families can afford them. This is happening again with compostable plastics, B-corps that are more circular, efficient/recyclable packaging solutions, and other parts of our industry.
animal_spirits commented on A brief history of the absurdities of the Soviet Union laurivahtre.ee/empire-of-... · Posted by u/Maro
They're not socialist by the classical definition. They're capitalist countries with social benefits.
And then, these strong social safety nets seem to only work well in countries that have highly homogenous populations.
animal_spirits commented on The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong derekthompson.org/p/the-a... · Posted by u/rbanffy
I just couldn't keep reading with the constant "antitrust left" being refered to on every sentence.
The issue, is that for me, the reader, it framed the piece as the author seemingly positioning themselves as the "the other side", the one that knows best and isn't those "antitrust left". It felt like it was creating a strawman and was engaging in tribal signaling.
And when you consider the rest of the piece was them claiming they called the sources, and that the sources said that the "antitrust left" had misquoted them and misrepresented their findings, but the author somehow is this unbiased truth, and definitely really for real called the the sources and didn't at all misconstrue or anything, no they wouldn't do that, unlike the "antitrust left".
I watched an interview with both the authors. They read as both left leaning but self critical of the regulations the left has put in place. It seemed like this leftist identity is part of the story so maybe that is why it is mentioned so much.
Do they still hide tankman images in search results too?
This is easy to check, and no they do not. I can see many photos on Bing of tank man.
animal_spirits commented on Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07... · Posted by u/exiguus
i don't have any special knowledge in this area, but just thinking about it idly while sitting here, "robbing their homes while they are away" comes to mind as a good proxy.
Reminds me of this news story of footballer John Terry who's house was robbed because he posted a picture of him on holiday. The insurance company tried to use a 'reasonable care' clause of home insurance to deny his insurance claim.
- https://www.blakefire-security.co.uk/blog/social-media-and-j...
animal_spirits commented on GLP-1s are breaking life insurance glp1digest.com/p/how-glp-... · Posted by u/alexslobodnik
>However there are other tools to supplement with to help learning discipline.
The current FDA guidelines support your assertion that GLP1s should be prescribed in addition to other tools to help people change their eating habits.
What the FDA does not prescribe is moralism, which is what “help learning discipline” tends to imply. If you didn’t intend to frame your argument in terms of moralism, you might consider a different word choice.
Not sure how else to word it. "help people change their habits" vs. discipline to change their habits - what's charged about the word 'discipline'?
Maybe robot_docs?