Without touching a penny of their existing wealth, while still leaving $500,000 per year income each, the top 1% in America could raise everyone above the poverty line 3,781 times over.
ethics / military / politics
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Remembering The War Dead Is Not Enough
While we take this Memorial Day to remember those killed by war — all of them, not just “ours” — we must *also* be working to do everything we can to prevent there from being *more* dead to remember.
ethics / politics
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Looking Down The Line, Clearing The Tracks: A Different Take On The Trolley Problem
The trolley problem isn’t just about the people tied to the tracks.
ethics / politics
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Israel’s Finance Minister Whines They Can’t Starve Two Million Civilians To Death.
The title kind of says it all.
business / business of writing / conventions / copyright / ethics
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Fanfic And AI Pose The Same Problem To Craft Shows, Vendor’s Halls, And Artist’s Alleys
Copyright infringement — whether low-tech or hi-tech — should not be coddled in artist’s alleys, craft shows, and vendor halls.
education / ethics / psychology / society / sociology
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“More Research Needed”: The Problem With All Current Psychological Research
From marshmallows to Milgram to NLP, prior research hasn’t controlled for neurotype and other significant variables.