> I think people don’t participate in religion because it asks of them. Many people are lazy, greedy or hedonistic. It takes effort and “practice” to be virtuous or religious.
Say what you will of "wokeism" but it is an ethic that asks plenty of people. It constantly demands one to evaluate virtuous action or inaction. I don't think people are turning away from religion because it takes work. Because it requires real moral deliberation, it's actually more work than mere obedience to scripture.
My mileage does vary. Countless crimes of abuse and co-option of moral authority enabled by religion has proven to me that evil does exist and the presence of religion or the lack thereof is orthogonal to building a moral society.
Surely that's more Western philosophy than Christianity. If anything, Christianity impeded social progress. Even now, the most vocal Christians would contend that moral truths owe to scripture than reason.
It's no complete solution against AI slop but I've been working on www.webring.gg which is a democratic webring manager. To join, websites are invited and voted on by current members to keep slop from polluting the integrity of the webring.
In my network of friends and family, only 3 households have taken up using Google Home. I've asked what they use it for and they've all responded with, "I ask it to play jazz and tell me the weather."
I brought up the concept of Big Brother and concerns about privacy. 2 of them responded with, "Well I've got nothing to hide." The holdout said, "yeah..."
We tried asking Google Assistant an interesting question about the world and some rankings of countries. It disappointed.
I've asked them all to turn off the device when I'm present.
Of all the things presented, I'm most excited by App Clips. Between Sign-In with Apple, Apple Pay, and this, I think it's going to take real world digital commerce to another level.
Managing people without means that you have to keep track of your employees’ mindsets individually and communicate to each one accordingly which is exhausting.
I gamed a bit on my previous MBP, a 15" from 2012. The CPU and GPU got so hot, I suspect it reduced the lifespan of the laptop battery. Does anyone else have concerns about this for gaming on laptops? Would unloading to the EGPU mitigate this issue?
Security and freedom, time, and well-being. Worth much more than another luxury t-shirt.