Thanks. Very helpful.

But still to.be honest, Marx always feels 100% solid to me when explaining capitalism, but on much less solid ground when predicting the future.

I’m currently reading Zizek’s “Less than nothing” and he criticizes Marx for not being Hegelian enough. Resetting my thermostat now

Some of my favorite music today, is odd stuff I found on Napster. Got me into sea chanties

I sense a challenge coming on…

Doctors being jerks are sometimes required to do professional coaching to improve attitude and communication. Having less hierarchical communication actually improves patient safety, because people are braver to speak up. So feedbacking to someone about the haughty doc might actually be in everyone’s best interest.

(Source doctor who actually had to do that coaching myself at one point and found it helpful)

PS would love to see some haiku

Seeing the horrors of centuries of capitalist exploitation, and being raised in and still swamped with propaganda that the USA is the model of freedom and liberty despite plain evidence to the contrary right in front of your face, makes a reasonable person wonder if the countries the US government demonizes might be “the good guys” and makes it hard to believe criticism of, for example China, unless the source of that criticism comes from China itself (which admittedly might we’ll be suppressed).

Wealth and capital pours endless resources to attack, belittle and co-opt anything that might threaten its dominance.

Jealous of the amount of oven spring

I’m reading a book called “German Philosophy 1760 - 1860. The Legacy of Idealism” and so far, it’s basically this

Hadn’t ever really thought about a snake’s penis, until today.

Stay away from Plumpy!!!

100% in the baking aisle. All the theobromine, no added sugar

Cars didn’t last long back then. A 20 year old car was a big deal I the 70s.

Yes.

Except of course for the world falling apart, my country descending into fascism and impending climate diaster.

But for me personally, things are entirely chill.

Is there an android 5.0 nethack?

Seems like they changed to Lua for making levels?

If a new machine gives an efficiency advantage over other makers of equivalent commodities - the owner of that machine reaps a financial advantage that is experienced as “generated value”. But as the new machine and any efficiency in production becomes generalized we would expect that ultimately the value of that commodity would actually decrease.

But human society is still somehow connected to human effort.

They are enforced against poors. While rich rapists walk free.

“The Event”?

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=E6c4IjUO0HY