I think my experience and satisfaction with Facebook has steadily decreased in a linear relationship with how many friends I have on my friends list. My guess is because:
1) the more friends I add, the more likely I am to add that guy on Facebook. The guy who always posts very annoying political posts, or the guy who posts very smug+condescending posts.
2) I find myself comparing with my friends, especially when they post pics of them on vacation or news of some promotion.
3) I spend too much time worrying about how to curate posts and post stuff that a. impresses people and b. doesn't offend anyone.
I probably just care too much what others think, but that's my 2c.
Agreed that the post length limit shouldn't be removed. However, I am fine with a limited number of tweets instead. Perhaps not by day, since some days there are so many newsworthy events that there might be a lot of possible quality tweets. Maybe a weekly limit? Just something to discourage someone from spamming.
Thanks for sharing that -- I think it's a good reminder to not stereotype an entire company. Also, it's also a reminder that this scandal is unfortunate for all of those at Uber who aren't like this and still have to deal with the barrage of bad press and accusations from everyone from the media to those around them (friends, neighbors).
I agree that racism is racism, but there is a clear distinction for me between having certain preconceptions about people you've never met before versus having heavy bias against people that you encounter on an every day basis (thus heavily supporting a confirmation bias). Is one better than the other? I'm not going to try to argue that but I think it's necessary to distinguish between the two in order to better understand who you are dealing with.
Those are valid points, and I admit that having close Chinese friends have probably biased my thinking on this a bit. I still believe in my main point of the Chinese needing some time/exposure to the West in order to truly change their mindset towards the West.
Very long read. TBH I only read the beginning and end carefully, and skimmed through the middle...200? pages.
What really stuck out to me was this line that explains how racism benefits the Chinese government:
"First, the Han Chinese possess a strong in group
identity with a polarized and tightly defined out group. This allows the Chinese government to expect sacrifice and as well as support from the considerable majority of the Chinese people."
Perhaps a lot of these attitudes come from how in many Chinese people's eyes, their golden years were when they had very little outside influence and were able to invent some of the most useful inventions in human history (compass, paper, gunpowder). From the time that they have mixed with the West, they have had some very negative experiences, (as the report brings up, the Opium wars, burning of the palace). Perhaps their attitudes will change slowly now. In my experiences, racism is something that is slowly taught/instilled, and so I don't expect any easy reversal.
As skeptical as I am with Uber, I'm still hoping that something will come up with the investigation. It also encourages me that more people are speaking up. The more bad press they get, the more pressure they'll have to have their "investigations" result in some discipline.
1) the more friends I add, the more likely I am to add that guy on Facebook. The guy who always posts very annoying political posts, or the guy who posts very smug+condescending posts.
2) I find myself comparing with my friends, especially when they post pics of them on vacation or news of some promotion.
3) I spend too much time worrying about how to curate posts and post stuff that a. impresses people and b. doesn't offend anyone.
I probably just care too much what others think, but that's my 2c.