zecg@lemmy.worldM · 10 hours ago"...average Americans are far less ideologically polarized than they think they are – and misconceptions around polarization are greatest among the most politically engaged people"plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-link"...average Americans are far less ideologically polarized than they think they are – and misconceptions around polarization are greatest among the most politically engaged people"plus-squarewww.theguardian.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 10 hours agomessage-square5fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 4 days ago"...it’s a little like Samuel Johnson’s comment about a dog walking on its hind legs: we are impressed not by the quality of the walking but by the fact it can walk that way at all." (Brian Eno on AI)plus-squarewww.bostonreview.netexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link"...it’s a little like Samuel Johnson’s comment about a dog walking on its hind legs: we are impressed not by the quality of the walking but by the fact it can walk that way at all." (Brian Eno on AI)plus-squarewww.bostonreview.netzecg@lemmy.worldM · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 9 days ago"The crucial mechanism, what would allow the creation of tools which empower humans to act without warping our desires and indeed our natures, is to cut this channel of feedback..."plus-squarekevinmunger.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"The crucial mechanism, what would allow the creation of tools which empower humans to act without warping our desires and indeed our natures, is to cut this channel of feedback..."plus-squarekevinmunger.substack.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 10 days ago"...tech industry has become oriented around a dead-end technology that requires burning billions of dollars to provide inessential products that cost more money to serve than anybody would ever pay"plus-squarewww.wheresyoured.atexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"...tech industry has become oriented around a dead-end technology that requires burning billions of dollars to provide inessential products that cost more money to serve than anybody would ever pay"plus-squarewww.wheresyoured.atzecg@lemmy.worldM · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 10 days ago"Higher levels of education are associated with being less likely to believe oneself to be right-wing, whilst simultaneously associated with being in favour of increased inequality."plus-squaremusaalgharbi.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"Higher levels of education are associated with being less likely to believe oneself to be right-wing, whilst simultaneously associated with being in favour of increased inequality."plus-squaremusaalgharbi.substack.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 10 days agoBy journalistic deontology we believe that we are moral decency’s last levy, the self-appointed guardians of the Delphic pithy. We don’t report the news; we package them as nice suppositories.plus-squareobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBy journalistic deontology we believe that we are moral decency’s last levy, the self-appointed guardians of the Delphic pithy. We don’t report the news; we package them as nice suppositories.plus-squareobserver.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · edit-211 days ago"No matter which demon you sell to, it all ends up in the devil’s pocket."plus-squarechristopherferan.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"No matter which demon you sell to, it all ends up in the devil’s pocket."plus-squarechristopherferan.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · edit-211 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 16 days ago"To be mature now is to fend off any incursions of the world on the self. The central task of the therapeutic system is to suspend this state indefinitely..."plus-squareamericanaffairsjournal.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"To be mature now is to fend off any incursions of the world on the self. The central task of the therapeutic system is to suspend this state indefinitely..."plus-squareamericanaffairsjournal.orgzecg@lemmy.worldM · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 27 days ago"...setting up a (Bluesky) Relay requires around 4.5 TB of disk space, and even the smaller JSON version of the data is growing by around 18 GB a day" (from before the X-odus, it's more now)plus-squareanderegg.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"...setting up a (Bluesky) Relay requires around 4.5 TB of disk space, and even the smaller JSON version of the data is growing by around 18 GB a day" (from before the X-odus, it's more now)plus-squareanderegg.cazecg@lemmy.worldM · 27 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 30 days agoDon DeLillo Documentary (BBC)www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDon DeLillo Documentary (BBC)www.youtube.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 30 days agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 1 month ago"We — users of products — are at war with the products we’re using and the people that make them. And right now, we’re losing."plus-squarewww.wheresyoured.atexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"We — users of products — are at war with the products we’re using and the people that make them. And right now, we’re losing."plus-squarewww.wheresyoured.atzecg@lemmy.worldM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 1 month ago‘if the sudden halving of people and the doubling of everything else is not potentially revolutionary, what is?’plus-squarewww.lrb.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link‘if the sudden halving of people and the doubling of everything else is not potentially revolutionary, what is?’plus-squarewww.lrb.co.ukzecg@lemmy.worldM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 2 months agoLaboratory Greece (2019)plus-squarewww.filmsforaction.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLaboratory Greece (2019)plus-squarewww.filmsforaction.orgzecg@lemmy.worldM · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 2 months agoinstead of [...] a radio single (catchy chorus, upbeat, universal lyrics), labels are pressuring artists to make [...] for the playlist (soothing chords, no dissonance, inoffensive electronic texturesthequietus.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkinstead of [...] a radio single (catchy chorus, upbeat, universal lyrics), labels are pressuring artists to make [...] for the playlist (soothing chords, no dissonance, inoffensive electronic texturesthequietus.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months agoAurora Migrant Gang 'Takeover'www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAurora Migrant Gang 'Takeover'www.youtube.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months agoMy favorite social media post ever publishedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageMy favorite social media post ever publishedlemmy.worldzecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months agoHousing - A human right or big business? | DW Documentarywww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHousing - A human right or big business? | DW Documentarywww.youtube.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months ago"D&D is not “fantastic-medieval.” It’s not even “fantastic renaissance” or “fantastic-post-apocalyptic.” It’s “fantastic American history.”"plus-squarewww.blogofholding.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"D&D is not “fantastic-medieval.” It’s not even “fantastic renaissance” or “fantastic-post-apocalyptic.” It’s “fantastic American history.”"plus-squarewww.blogofholding.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months ago"In a way it was very touching, this whole society so starved for meaning that it made totems out of meaningless artifacts. The whole country was like a cargo cult."plus-squarenews.ucr.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"In a way it was very touching, this whole society so starved for meaning that it made totems out of meaningless artifacts. The whole country was like a cargo cult."plus-squarenews.ucr.eduzecg@lemmy.worldM · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
zecg@lemmy.worldM · edit-25 months agoAI Block (if you absolutely have to use chrome)plus-squarechromewebstore.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAI Block (if you absolutely have to use chrome)plus-squarechromewebstore.google.comzecg@lemmy.worldM · edit-25 months agomessage-square0fedilink
