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omegaworks
·3 bulan yang lalu·discuss
>Three levers are available, and they require action simultaneously.

The article fails to mention the fourth lever: cessation of hostilities, recognition of Iranian sovereignty, reparations for the displaced peoples of the region and curtailment of Israeli expansionist ambitions.

If achieved, none of the collosal amounts of capital expenditure and effort required to immediately secure redundant alternatives to the Bromine supply chain would need to be exerted.
omegaworks
·tahun lalu·discuss
I don't think this is about convincing anyone that she's a good person. She's forthright about her instincts and values and the institutions she worked at that fostered her understanding of the world.

She documents in detail critical moments where Facebook executives made decisions that exemplified their incompetence and damaged their potential impact.

That the "cultural purge" in big tech is flushing out people with these instincts is precisely why the industry is flailing and groveling at the feet of power, for they have no internal compass save for growth for growth's sake.

Everyone can see that now laid bare on these pages, and these companies that rely on their user's willingness to exchange details about their personal lives for cheap dopamine hits may find that generosity well run dry.
omegaworks
·2 tahun yang lalu·discuss
> A majority of homeless people do not have access to even basic healthcare.

> The only way to do this is to give the person a place to live. Ensure the person has healthy and decent food.

> This will require time and treatment so build up a new sense of safety.

In many ways, just meeting people's basic needs would go farther to address mental health than any miracle drug.
omegaworks
·2 tahun yang lalu·discuss
>But, alas...

Please try your best to resist apathy. Contact your representative and let them know your priorities, especially in light of a looming government shutdown that threatens funding to exactly these kinds of initiatives.
omegaworks
·4 tahun yang lalu·discuss
Exactly. No amount of money can buy you time. You are committing to a significant quality of life deterioration during the period you are employed at Amazon.
omegaworks
·5 tahun yang lalu·discuss
But then you might have to wait a couple weeks to have a non-critical procedure. gasp