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I have this handy rule of thumb: 98% of everything the humans do is a terrible idea.
I used to think something like this. My phrasing was “90% of everything is shit”, but when I realised it was one of those ‘laws’ (Sturgeon's law), after a few years, I realised it wasn’t a particularly good way to think about the world. Figuring out why things exist as they are, and therefore what specific changes could be made to alter those particularities is a more rewarding path. It’s led me to love a lot more than 10%, given the extra context, and at the same time has given weight to ideas that underpin better forms of social organisation, founded in trust and minor optimism rather than isolated cynicism.
(I’m not saying you’re not doing the same anyway, i’m just spitballing)
Not related to brain plastic, obvs, but this is the wtf thread so…
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and the page of the beast, for me
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It’s led me to love a lot more than 10%, given the extra context, and at the same time has given weight to ideas that underpin better forms of social organisation, founded in trust and minor optimism rather than isolated cynicism.
The most reasonable, rational and fair response they've had yet on this site.
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Yeah, I know Sturgeon's law, which I find handy to remember when it comes to sifting through what passes for culture within capitalism, but obviously it's not a law of nature or anything...
Speaking of which, that's what my definition of a bad idea is in relation to: imagine, before we start manufacturing any new substance in commercial quantities, we put a team of scientists on the case to determine not so much whether, but more like how many, nasty unforseen consequences lay in wait for us, given that chemistry and the planet weren't designed for our convenience, before making guinea pigs out of everyone for the ten millionth time... That sort of shit.
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I have this handy rule of thumb: 98% of everything the humans do is a terrible idea. Go figure, the odds of random contamination of our brains, being a good thing