To be fair, they are people who go out to kill on orders. To expect them to be emotionally sensitive to our lives might be expecting too much. They’re kinda like smarter pitbulls you set loose on your enemy.

I just watched a Veritasium video that said that IQ is not very strongly correlated with higher income.

I’ll take a look at the article too.

https://youtu.be/5pcnQ6Xym5k

Unprompted, another has noticed the power of fiction. Perhaps there is a reason why we tell stories.

It is? I usually just ask for like 3 things & then I pick one from those.

Yelling at people on the internet is totally more effective. You’re right, my bad. I’ll start yelling at people too, instead of using fiction to inspire people.

“There is a wound that won’t heal at the center of the galaxy. There is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it’s here. It’s here and it’s not visiting anymore. It wants to stay. The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness. It is never more alive than when we sleep. It’s easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it’s true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it’s too late. But I’ll tell you this… If I could do it again, I’d wake up early and be fighting these bastards… from the start. Fight the Empire!"

By Maarva Andor from Star Wars’ Andor Season 1

“There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.”

The Trail of Political Consciousness (Nemik’s Manifesto)

By Karis Nemik from Star Wars’ Andor Season 1

As a civilization, we need to accept that we can no longer continue to depend on Microsoft Windows to use our computers. Hopefully the transition will go through without Microsoft having the opportunity to try to save themselves.