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In 2020, the government of the USA spent 30% of GDP.
In 2024, the government of France spent 57% of GDP.
Are the people of 2024 France really getting 28x the value from their government as 1800 USA?
It is not evil to ask these questions or to experiment with government,
And more people should consider backing off from political-media consumption as it is clearly toxic to the soul.
The reality that counts most is the one around you, and I see far too many people destroying their relationships with family, friends, and colleagues over national politics when there are much bigger fish to fry in one's own garden.
It's a common trope on here to lament on how the Anglo cultures don't value family ties strongly enough. I'd argue not overly valuing family ties has been a big competitive advantage of the Anglo cultures for centuries, eg. moving for opportunity (improved social mobility), ability to connect with outsiders, couple pairing across cultural/geographical boundaries, prerequisite to a high trust society, etc.
What really needs to happen is we need to figure out ways of facilitating friend formation/maintenance in this brave new world of the internet and atheism. We are going to need some new social technologies to really combat this.
One interesting recent social technology out of china https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities...
I'd seen a few analyses of the film, but was quite surprised and amazed when I happened across the Overlooked! youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr6PgWFs0Pw
I'd never noticed Jack's glances towards the camera, but once you notice them, it's clear that they were totally intentional and designed to unnerve the viewer (he's looking at me!). It's this attention to detail that makes Kubrick the master that he is.
The fact that he liked and enjoyed coding was what actually prompted him into learning to code after that first experience.
I'm more and more convinced that we're on the edge of a major shake up in the industry with all these tools.
Not getting replaced, but at this rate of improvements I can't unsee major changes.
A recent junior I have in my team built his first app entirely with chatgpt one year ago, he still didn't know how to code, but could figure out how to fix the imperfect code by reasoning, all of it as a non coder, and actually release something that worked for other people.