~ ARMNIAHB-O-TI-AAHBTCTH ~ A Robot May Not Injury A Human Being – Or – Through Inaction – Allow A Human Being To Come To Harm
~ ARMOTOGIBHB-EWSOWCWTFL ~ A Robot Must Obey The Orders Given It By Human Beings – Except Where Such Orders Would Conflict With The First Law
~ ARMPIOE-ASPDNCWTFOSL ~ A Robot Must Protect Its Own Existence– As Such Protection Does Not Conflict With The First Or Second Law
~ C-I-NGTSTLO-2100-PNE-20170-NALIAFTYWTE-MOUAT-TTW-AGTBPO-CAD ~ Civilization – Is – Not Going To See The Light Of – 2100 – Perhaps Not Even – 2070 – Not At Least In Any Form That You’d Want To Experience – Most Of Us Alive Today – Throughout The World – Are Going To Be Part Of – Collapse And Dissolution
~ WMCCAFD-TA-AA-POCMTWCITAMOOD-B-WWNDS ~ We Might Change Course Away From Disaster – There Are – After All – Plenty Of Constructive Measures That We Could Implement To Address Most Of Our Difficulties – But – We Will Not Do So
~ ASOMAT-TS-G-A-TAU ~ All Sorts Of Madnesses Abound Today – Throughout Societies – Globally – And – They Afflict Us
~ TW-H-C-A-H-I ~ Today’s World – Hyper-Connected – And – Hyper-Interdependent
~ MVTUTTAS-TT-O-T-ITB-FTOT-B-TANS-I-TA-C/O/I/H/D/S/L/I/E/R/U ~ Many Voices Tell Us That Things Are Simple – That This – Or – That – Is To Blame – For This Or That – But – Things Are Not Simple – Instead – They Are – Complicated / Overlapping / Interrelated / Historical / Dynamic / Simultaneous / Logical / Illogical / Emotional / Resolvable / Unresolvable
~ O-I-A-E-S-A-TCFTC-WBAMFIHTFU ~ Our – Imagination – And – Emotional – Selves – And – The Contest For Their Control – Will Be A Major Factor In How The Future Unfolds
~ OCADEEO-UP-A-BUBP-WA-S-F-D-A-BI ~ Ordinary Citizens Are Dividing Against Each Other – Using Politics – And – Being Used By Politics – We Are – Splintering – Fragmenting – Deteriorating – And – Becoming Impotent
~ FTLT-WDAA-NMCTP-TWNEFP ~ For The Longest Time – We Didn’t Assign Any – Negative Monetary Costs To Pollution – There Was No Explicit Financial Penalty
~ T-GE-I-MAS ~ The – Gig Economy – Is – Mostly A Scam
~ TEIDW-I-WE-ITF-B-NAD-A-TPWO ~ The Economy Is Doing Well – If – We Essentially – Ignore The Future – Both – Near And Distant – And – The Path We’re On
~ T-I-AAF-A-NN ~ Technology – Is – Always A Force – And – Never Neutral
~ EJTR-HJ-A-IHE-JTWMNDCB-DBM-WSBVT-AI ~ Even Jobs That Require – Human Judgement – And – Interpreting Human Emotion – Jobs That We Might Not Dream Could Be – Done By Machines – Will Soon Become Vulnerable To – Artificial Intelligence
~ C-C-A-P-W-SNNWTMW-AFTCTMT-RAP ~ Currently – Corporate – And – Political – Winners – See No Need Whatsoever To Mess With – A Formula That Continues To Make Them – Rich And Powerful
~ D-G-W’-II-U-AU-A-AOI-IIUTMUI-I/I/S-S/S/D/A/C-W-AP ~ Data – Gets – “Weaponized” – It Is – Used – Against Us – And – Against Our Interests – It Is Used To Make Us Into – Impulsive / Impressionable / Status-Seeking / Silly / Distracted / Acquisitive / Consuming – Web-Addicted People
~ D-IUT-M/C/D-B-OM-A-OB ~ Data – Is Used To – Modify / Change / Direct – Both – Our Moods – And – Our Behavior
~ EANETL-C-KT-T-DS-HB-H/B/HFR/C ~ Enterprises Are Not Eager To Let – Customers – Know That – Their – Digital Systems – Have Been – Hacked / Breached / Held For Ransom / Compromised
~ N-D-C-CTTW-T-H ~ Now – Digital – Computerized – Connected To The Web – Therefore – Hackable
~ MAM-WBR-AC-‘L’-HTDTJ ~ More And More – Will Be Replaced – As Computers – “Learn” – How To Do Their Jobs
~ WAP ~ Without Anyone’s Permission
~ WI-DAU-T-ITEO-TI-A-IRI-E/M/H/W ~ What Is – Different And Unprecedented – Today – Is The Existence Of – The Internet – And – Its Role In – Enlarging / Magnifying / Hardening / Weaponizing
~ WAB-L-T.D-M-E/R-A-MEDBMTSRLOOA ~ We Are Becoming – Less – Tolerant / Discerning – More – Emotional / Reactive – And – More Easily Distracted By Matters That Should Receive Less Of Our Attention
~ PTTEOTI-IWFMDF-P-W-BOA-V-T-FEO-T-STP-A-T-BITN ~ Prior To The Existence Of The Internet – It Was Far More Difficult For – People – With – Bizarre Or Antisocial – Views – To – Find Each Other – To – Sell Their Propaganda – And – To – Be In The News
~ TROTIIC-E/S/TDAAA/TGU/TL/TT-P-W-FALVORAF-A-NTEOS-O-D-O-OVT-TO-TEC-O-T-TIOO-WAACOU-TA ~ The Role Of The Internet In Connecting – Extremists / Sociopaths / The Dangerously Angry And Alienated / The Grossly Uneducated / The Lost / The Traumatized – People – Who – For A Large Variety Of Reasons And Forces – Are – Near The Edge Of Sanity – Or – Desperate – Or – Otherwise Vulnerable To – Their Own – Throbbing Emotional Condition – Or – To – The Influence Of Others – Who Are Also – Consciously Or Unconsciously – Thrashing About
~ HWU-HCT-TOT-A-TEOE ~ Heavy Web Users – Have Come To – Think Of Themselves – As – The Equal Of Experts
~ T-I-O-SMAC-C-VAP-O-YP-MT-A-MIHFTTD-A-HS-A-WC-O-A-BP-T-C/A/C/M-A-E-TLDOO-MS-YP-ABE-TTOTLA-‘B’ ~ The – Interwovenness – Of – Social Media And Commercialization – Changes – Values And Perspectives – Of – Young People – Manipulates Them – And – Makes It Much Harder For Them To Develop – A – Healthily Skeptical – And – Wise Critique – Of – And – Balanced Posture – Toward – Commercialization / Advertising / Consumption / Materialism – And – Even – The Larger Design Of Our – Market System – Young People – Are Being Encouraged – To Think Of Themselves Literally As –”Brands”
~ AJIT-GE-T/I/WB/UU ~ A Job In The – Gig Economy – Temporary / Insecure / Without Benefits / Ultimately Unsustainable
~ OC-F-P-F-A-CAU-A-F-CAE-A-BR ~ Our Capacities – For – Patience – For – Accepting – Complexity And Uncertainty – And – For – Cooperation And Empathy – Are – Being Reduced
~ WL-QT-IOL-WAL-T-CAA-F-DAC-RAI ~ With Less – Quiet Time – In Our Lives – We Are Losing – The – Capacity And Affinity – For – Deep And Critical – Reflection And Introspection
~ WW-I-TP-TB-S-W-F/F/S-I ~ WebWorld – Is – Training People – To Be – Satisfied – With – Fast / Fragmented / Superficial
~ WHE-‘C’-A-ASNOC-AT-AAOC ~ We Have Elevated – “Convenience” – And – A Simple-Minded Notion Of Convenience – At That – Above All Other Considerations
~ ITLTP-F-40Y-STR-STCW-A-F-S/P/A/I-TIWYG ~ If You Lie To People – For – 40 Years – Screw Them Royally – Steal The Country’s Wealth – And – Feed – Suspicion / Paranoia / Anxiety / Ignorance – This Is What You Get
~ MO-HWHTO-T-E/T/D-R-TAT-MC-BTSOOW ~ Media Outlets – Have Worked Hard To Obscure – The – Economic / Technological / Deregulatory – Realities – That Are The – Main Culprits – Behind The Struggles Of Ordinary Workers
~ OI-OC-O-APS-CF-SWEO-WWBATA-T-M-IAT-P-WH ~ Only If – Ordinary Citizens – Of – All Political Stripes – Can Find – Solidarity With Each Other – Will We Be Able To Address – The – Most – Important And Threatening – Problems – We Have
~ WLBN-A-WS-IAC-WCCD ~ We Live By Narratives – And – We Seek – Integration And Coherence – We Can Connect Dots
~ WW-SU-AF-CAD-F-II-HW-A-S-B-T-ASS-T-CATAOS ~ WebWorld – Seduces Us – Away From – Confusing And Difficult – Fare – It Is – Hard Work – And – Sometimes – Boring – To – Adequately Study Something – To – Consider All The Aspects Of Something
~ T-EQOE-AA-IT-I ~ The – Essential Quality Of Ecosystems – Above All – Is Their – Interconnectedness
~ RS-A-S-CDS-MM-HOR ~ Rising Seas – And – Salt-Contaminated Drinking Supplies – Massive Migrations – Hordes Of Refugees
~ F-OE-TS-A-OE-ES-HNR-TT-MPR-OT-P/B/C-W ~ Fundamentally – Our Entire – Technological System – And – Our Entire – Economic System – Have No Relationship – To The – Most Primary Realities – Of The – Physical / Biological / Chemical – World
~ TF-WHMR-F-PTB-EM-D/F/E-~ The Future – Will Hold Many Reasons – For – People To Become – Even More – Depressed / Fearful / Emotional
~ IA-FAD-W-FAE-WCTDTRTP-E-WBT-P-S-B ~ In A – Frightening And Deteriorating World – Fear And Emotions – Will Come To Dominate The Responses That People – Everywhere – Will Bring To – Planetary-Scale-Breakdowns
~ WIMC-I-TTIOATPOTP-WQONRWU-HM-PAW-WG-A-TDTWWU-I-BAC-OT-B ~ What Is Most Critical – Is – The Total Impact Of All The People On The Planet – What Quantity Of Natural Resources We Use – How Much – Pollution And Waste– We Generate – And – The Degree To Which We Upset – Important – Balances And Cycles – Of The – Biosphere
~ V-NB-I-B-B-G/A/D ~ Victimized – Not By – Immigrants – But – By – Globalization / Automation / Deregulation
~ HNOP-W-B-FTF-SC-A-ED ~ Huge Numbers Of People – Will – Be – Forced To Flee – Societal Collapse – And – Ecological Devastation
~ OESNTBMS ~ Our Economic System Needs To Be Made Sustainable
~ TI-A-M-NOWTGF-A-NOWTH ~ This Is – A – Message – No One Wants To Give – And – No One Wants To Hear
BRIAN WATSON ~ CAPITALISM ~ HEADED INTO THE ABYSS ~ 2019 ~ 231
~ II-S-A-D-FPTSAT-TCIFOU-I-E-COS-OOTO-TTWFIMM-NAC-TT-IRUTE-WAW-C-I-P-O-D-AT-RI-IA-IAS-‘S’-A-I-SA-CHU-TWSCT ~ It Is – Silly – And – Dishonest – For People To Speak As Though – The Choice In Front Of Us – Is – Either – Capitalism Or Socialism – One Or The Other – The Task We Face Is Much More – Nuanced And Complicated – Than That – It Requires Us To Examine – Where And Why – Capitalism – Is – Performing – Poorly – Or – Destructively – And Then – Readjust It – In Addition – If Adopting Some – “Socialistic” – Approaches – In – Specific Areas – Can Help Us – Then We Should Consider Them
~ T-M-I-S-O-P-O-C-HB-RC-OOC-FI-SD-F-ESP-A-FAM-O-B-OOP-P ~ Today – Many – Important – Segments – Or – Properties – Of – Capitalism – Have Become – Runaway Capitalism – Out Of Control – Frequently Irresponsible – Significancy Disconnected – From – Ecological Sustainability Principles – And – Fueled And Measured – Overwhelmingly – By – Only One Parameter – Profits
~ T-C-A-C-MR-S-S-A-CNF-W-HL-NL-A-WTAO-C-A-HMC-I-ATR-A-STG-ISOT-MFC-FI-OAP-IS-C-WAL-ISA-POO-C ~ Today’s – Capitalism – A – Cruder – More Rapacious – System – Shortchanges – And – Cares Not For – Workers – Has Little – National Loyalty – And – With The Aid Of – Computerization – And – Highly Mobile Capital – Is – Able To Roam – And – Straddle The Globe – In Search Of The – Most Favorable Conditions – For Its – Operation And Purposes – It Sharply – Creates – Winners And Losers – Inordinate Serves A – Plutocratic Or Oligarchic – Class
~ B-LC-ATL-A-IA-H-CSMP-CCBFFTT-CIOSOG ~ Because – Large Corporations – And – Their Lobbyists – And – Ideological Allies – Have – Captured So Many Politicians – Citizens Can Be Forgiven For Thinking That – Capitalism Is Our System Of Government
~ PT-MFP-W-CT-IINF-CG-WKT-O-F-S-E-CFS-A-C-W-L ~ Probably The – Most Fundamental Problem – With – Capitalism Today – Is Its Need For – Constant Growth – We Know Today – Our – Finite-Sized – Earth – Cannot Forever Support – A – Capitalism-Without-Limits
~ C-C-APD-I-ATTAOC ~ Currently – Capitalism – As Presently Designed – Is – A Threat To All Of Civilization
~ C-I-NGTSTLO-2100-PNE-20170-NALIAFTYWTE-MOUAT-TTW-AGTBPO-CAD ~ Civilization – Is – Not Going To See The Light Of – 2100 – Perhaps Not Even – 2070 – Not At Least In Any Form That You’d Want To Experience – Most Of Us Alive Today – Throughout The World – Are Going To Be Part Of – Collapse And Dissolution
~ WMCCAFD-TA-AA-POCMTWCITAMOOD-B-WWNDS ~ We Might Change Course Away From Disaster – There Are – After All – Plenty Of Constructive Measures That We Could Implement To Address Most Of Our Difficulties – But – We Will Not Do So
~ ASOMAT-TS-G-A-TAU ~ All Sorts Of Madnesses Abound Today – Throughout Societies – Globally – And – They Afflict Us
~ TW-H-C-A-H-I ~ Today’s World – Hyper-Connected – And – Hyper-Interdependent
~ MVTUTTAS-TT-O-T-ITB-FTOT-B-TANS-I-TA-C/O/I/H/D/S/L/I/E/R/U ~ Many Voices Tell Us That Things Are Simple – That This – Or – That – Is To Blame – For This Or That – But – Things Are Not Simple – Instead – They Are – Complicated / Overlapping / Interrelated / Historical / Dynamic / Simultaneous / Logical / Illogical / Emotional / Resolvable / Unresolvable
~ O-I-A-E-S-A-TCFTC-WBAMFIHTFU ~ Our – Imagination – And – Emotional – Selves – And – The Contest For Their Control – Will Be A Major Factor In How The Future Unfolds
~ OCADEEO-UP-A-BUBP-WA-S-F-D-A-BI ~ Ordinary Citizens Are Dividing Against Each Other – Using Politics – And – Being Used By Politics – We Are – Splintering – Fragmenting – Deteriorating – And – Becoming Impotent
~ FTLT-WDAA-NMCTP-TWNEFP ~ For The Longest Time – We Didn’t Assign Any – Negative Monetary Costs To Pollution – There Was No Explicit Financial Penalty
~ T-GE-I-MAS ~ The – Gig Economy – Is – Mostly A Scam
~ TEIDW-I-WE-ITF-B-NAD-A-TPWO ~ The Economy Is Doing Well – If – We Essentially – Ignore The Future – Both – Near And Distant – And – The Path We’re On
~T-I-AAF-A-NN ~ Technology – Is – Always A Force – And – Never Neutral
~ EJTR-HJ-A-IHE-JTWMNDCB-DBM-WSBVT-AI ~ Even Jobs That Require – Human Judgement – And – Interpreting Human Emotion – Jobs That We Might Not Dream Could Be – Done By Machines – Will Soon Become Vulnerable To – Artificial Intelligence
~ C-C-A-P-W-SNNWTMW-AFTCTMT-RAP ~ Currently – Corporate – And – Political – Winners – See No Need Whatsoever To Mess With – A Formula That Continues To Make Them – Rich And Powerful
~ D-G-W’-II-U-AU-A-AOI-IIUTMUI-I/I/S-S/S/D/A/C-W-AP ~ Data – Gets – “Weaponized” – It Is – Used – Against Us – And – Against Our Interests – It Is Used To Make Us Into – Impulsive / Impressionable / Status-Seeking / Silly / Distracted / Acquisitive / Consuming – Web-Addicted People
~ D-IUT-M/C/D-B-OM-A-OB ~ Data – Is Used To – Modify / Change / Direct – Both – Our Moods – And – Our Behavior
~EANETL-C-KT-T-DS-HB-H/B/HFR/C ~ Enterprises Are Not Eager To Let – Customers – Know That – Their – Digital Systems – Have Been – Hacked / Breached / Held For Ransom / Compromised
~ N-D-C-CTTW-T-H ~ Now – Digital – Computerized – Connected To The Web – Therefore – Hackable
~ MAM-WBR-AC-‘L’-HTDTJ ~ More And More – Will Be Replaced – As Computers – “Learn” – How To Do Their Jobs
~ WAP ~ Without Anyone’s Permission
~ WI-DAU-T-ITEO-TI-A-IRI-E/M/H/W ~ What Is – Different And Unprecedented – Today – Is The Existence Of – The Internet – And – Its Role In – Enlarging / Magnifying / Hardening / Weaponizing
~ WAB-L-T.D-M-E/R-A-MEDBMTSRLOOA ~ We Are Becoming – Less – Tolerant / Discerning – More – Emotional / Reactive – And – More Easily Distracted By Matters That Should Receive Less Of Our Attention
~ PTTEOTI-IWFMDF-P-W-BOA-V-T-FEO-T-STP-A-T-BITN ~ Prior To The Existence Of The Internet – It Was Far More Difficult For – People – With – Bizarre Or Antisocial – Views – To – Find Each Other – To – Sell Their Propaganda – And – To – Be In The News
~ TROTIIC-E/S/TDAAA/TGU/TL/TT-P-W-FALVORAF-A-NTEOS-O-D-O-OVT-TO-TEC-O-T-TIOO-WAACOU-TA ~ The Role Of The Internet In Connecting – Extremists / Sociopaths / The Dangerously Angry And Alienated / The Grossly Uneducated / The Lost / The Traumatized – People – Who – For A Large Variety Of Reasons And Forces – Are – Near The Edge Of Sanity – Or – Desperate – Or – Otherwise Vulnerable To – Their Own – Throbbing Emotional Condition – Or – To – The Influence Of Others – Who Are Also – Consciously Or Unconsciously – Thrashing About
~ HWU-HCT-TOT-A-TEOE ~ Heavy Web Users – Have Come To – Think Of Themselves – As – The Equal Of Experts
~ T-I-O-SMAC-C-VAP-O-YP-MT-A-MIHFTTD-A-HS-A-WC-O-A-BP-T-C/A/C/M-A-E-TLDOO-MS-YP-ABE-TTOTLA-‘B’ ~ The – Interwovenness – Of – Social Media And Commercialization – Changes – Values And Perspectives – Of – Young People – Manipulates Them – And – Makes It Much Harder For Them To Develop – A – Healthily Skeptical – And – Wise Critique – Of – And – Balanced Posture – Toward – Commercialization / Advertising / Consumption / Materialism – And – Even – The Larger Design Of Our – Market System – Young People – Are Being Encouraged – To Think Of Themselves Literally As –”Brands”
~ AJIT-GE-T/I/WB/UU ~ A Job In The – Gig Economy – Temporary / Insecure / Without Benefits / Ultimately Unsustainable
~ OC-F-P-F-A-CAU-A-F-CAE-A-BR ~ Our Capacities – For – Patience – For – Accepting – Complexity And Uncertainty – And – For – Cooperation And Empathy – Are – Being Reduced
~ WL-QT-IOL-WAL-T-CAA-F-DAC-RAI ~ With Less – Quiet Time – In Our Lives – We Are Losing – The – Capacity And Affinity – For – Deep And Critical – Reflection And Introspection
~ WW-I-TP-TB-S-W-F/F/S-I ~ WebWorld – Is – Training People – To Be – Satisfied – With – Fast / Fragmented / Superficial
~ WHE-‘C’-A-ASNOC-AT-AAOC ~ We Have Elevated – “Convenience” – And – A Simple-Minded Notion Of Convenience – At That – Above All Other Considerations
~ ITLTP-F-40Y-STR-STCW-A-F-S/P/A/I-TIWYG ~ If You Lie To People – For – 40 Years – Screw Them Royally – Steal The Country’s Wealth – And – Feed – Suspicion / Paranoia / Anxiety / Ignorance – This Is What You Get
~ MO-HWHTO-T-E/T/D-R-TAT-MC-BTSOOW ~ Media Outlets – Have Worked Hard To Obscure – The – Economic / Technological / Deregulatory – Realities – That Are The – Main Culprits – Behind The Struggles Of Ordinary Workers
~ OI-OC-O-APS-CF-SWEO-WWBATA-T-M-IAT-P-WH ~ Only If – Ordinary Citizens – Of – All Political Stripes – Can Find – Solidarity With Each Other – Will We Be Able To Address – The – Most – Important And Threatening – Problems – We Have
~ WLBN-A-WS-IAC-WCCD ~ We Live By Narratives – And – We Seek – Integration And Coherence – We Can Connect Dots
~ WW-SU-AF-CAD-F-II-HW-A-S-B-T-ASS-T-CATAOS ~ WebWorld – Seduces Us – Away From – Confusing And Difficult – Fare – It Is – Hard Work – And – Sometimes – Boring – To – Adequately Study Something – To – Consider All The Aspects Of Something
~ T-EQOE-AA-IT-I ~ The – Essential Quality Of Ecosystems – Above All – Is Their – Interconnectedness
~ RS-A-S-CDS-MM-HOR ~ Rising Seas – And – Salt-Contaminated Drinking Supplies – Massive Migrations – Hordes Of Refugees
~ F-OE-TS-A-OE-ES-HNR-TT-MPR-OT-P/B/C-W ~ Fundamentally – Our Entire – Technological System – And – Our Entire – Economic System – Have No Relationship – To The – Most Primary Realities – Of The – Physical / Biological / Chemical – World
~ TF-WHMR-F-PTB-EM-D/F/E-~ The Future – Will Hold Many Reasons – For – People To Become – Even More – Depressed / Fearful / Emotional
~ IA-FAD-W-FAE-WCTDTRTP-E-WBT-P-S-B ~ In A – Frightening And Deteriorating World – Fear And Emotions – Will Come To Dominate The Responses That People – Everywhere – Will Bring To – Planetary-Scale-Breakdowns
~ WIMC-I-TTIOATPOTP-WQONRWU-HM-PAW-WG-A-TDTWWU-I-BAC-OT-B ~ What Is Most Critical – Is – The Total Impact Of All The People On The Planet – What Quantity Of Natural Resources We Use – How Much – Pollution And Waste– We Generate – And – The Degree To Which We Upset – Important – Balances And Cycles – Of The – Biosphere
~ V-NB-I-B-B-G/A/D ~ Victimized – Not By – Immigrants – But – By – Globalization / Automation / Deregulation
~ HNOP-W-B-FTF-SC-A-ED ~ Huge Numbers Of People – Will – Be – Forced To Flee – Societal Collapse – And – Ecological Devastation
~ OESNTBMS ~ Our Economic System Needs To Be Made Sustainable
~ TI-A-M-NOWTGF-A-NOWTH ~ This Is – A – Message – No One Wants To Give – And – No One Wants To Hear
~ R:RSAN-PIO-CB-A-GTITTTBRII ~ REPETITION: Repeating Something Ad Nauseam – Plays Into Our – Cognitive Biases – And – Gives The Impression That The Thing Being Repeated Is Important
~ R:SAMP ~ REDUNDANCY: Shared Across Multiple Platforms
~ R:R-BCTIR ~ RESPONSIVENESS: Reactions – Brings Communities Together In Replies
~ R:CUATBA ~ REINFORCEMENT: Conferred Upon A Topic By Algorithms
~ C-PWHM-CC-TTA-A-TS-AUVEI-ATSPTTFT-TETW ~ Creativity – People Who Have Made – Creative Contributions – To – The Arts – And – The Sciences – Are Usually Very Eloquent In – Ascribing Their Success Primarily To The Fact That – They Enjoyed Their Work
~ PP-G-A/M/P-M-DS-F-FTA-OTWNPTTTL ~ Peak Performance – Great – Athletes / Musicians / Performers – Must – Derive Some – Flow – From Their Activity – Otherwise They Would Not Push Themselves To The Limit
~ TD-T-FOF-MT-OMOCA-MT-PT/PS/I-WT-BP-OT-DOT ~ Talent Development – The – Frequency Of Flow – More Than – Objective Measures Of Cognitive Ability – More Than – Personality Traits / Parental Status / Income – Was The – Best Predictor – Of The – Development Of Talent
~ P-WWETJ-WBMD-TTWA-E-AOB ~ Productivity – Workers Who Enjoy Their Jobs – Will Be More Dedicated – Than Those Who Are – Either – Anxious Or Bored
~ S-E-PWSMTIF-GRHS-E ~ Self-Esteem – People Who Spend More Time In Flow – Generally Report Higher Self-Esteem
~ SR-FHP ~ Stress Reduction – Fewer Health Problems
~ CA-ITS-TIE-WP-A-GI-QOE-A-HA-PH ~ Clinical Applications – Identify Those Situations – That If Expanded – Would Promote – A – Greatly Improved – Quality Of Experience – And – Hence A – Possible Healing
~ CG-OIDD-OKIHWOID ~ Clear Goals – Objective Is Distinctly Defined – One Knows Instantly How Well One Is Doing
~ OF-AD-A-RH-A-TAMB-OPATA ~ Opportunities For – Acting Decisively – Are – Relatively High – And – They Are Matched By – One’s Perceived Ability To Act
~ AAA-M-O-P-O-M ~ Action And Awareness – Merge – One-Pointedness – Of – Mind
~ ASO-PC ~ A Sense Of – Potential Control
~ LOS-C-TOEB ~ Loss Of Self-Consciousness – Transcendence Of Ego Boundaries
~ ASO-G-A-O-BPOSGE ~ A Sense Of – Growth – And – Of – Being Part Of Some Greater Entity
~ ASO-T-STPF ~ Altered Sense Of – Time – Seems To Pass Faster
~ EBA-WDFIOS ~ Experience Becomes Autotelic – Worth Doing For Its Own Sake
~ U-F-CBEIATA-D-RT-C-TLT-E-IO-H ~ Unfortunately – Flow – Can Be Experienced In Activities That Are – Destructive – Rather Than – Constructive – That Lead To – Entropy – Instead Of – Harmony
~ ‘F’-AM-FHITW-EWME-LBCABAC-E-MS-WE ~ “Flow” – A Metaphor – For How It Felt When – Experience Was Most Enjoyable – Like Being Carried Away By A Current – Everything – Moving Smoothly – Without Effort
~ TKO-I-TGAOOS-A-TUO-WWAMO/WMDU/WGWDO-I-FOA-AUOOEP-WMTIAIDRITSUO ~ To Know Ourselves – Is – The Greatest Achievement Of Our Species – And – To Understand Ourselves – What We Are Made Of / What Motives Drive Us / What Goals We Dream Of – Involves – First Of All – An Understanding Of Our – Evolutionary Past
~ IIT-T-WSE-POD ~ It Is Together – That – We Shall Either – Prevail Or Disappear
~ BUH-HP-HDOTIRT-CCITE-WMFIP-T-AMR-T-T-IRC-DAITF ~ By Understanding How – Human Psychology – Has Developed Over Time In Response To – Changing Conditions In The Environment – We Might Find It Possible – To – Adapt More Rapidly – To – The – Increasingly Rapid Changes – Demanding Action In The Future
~ WPAHBOTI? ~ Were Past Ages Happier Because Of Their Illusions?
~ WITFOHTM? ~ What Is The Future Of Humankind To Me?
~ TCI-ATWS-AAPO-I-A-WW-I-V-A-WOL-TWM-TLOO-FAH ~ Truly Creative Individuals – Are Those Who Succeed – Against All Pressures Of – Instinct – And – Worldly Wisdom – In – Visualizing – A – Way Of Life – That Will Make – The Lot Of Others – Freer And Happier
~ C-CLETSOTD ~ Consciousness – Can Lead Either –To – Safety Or – Destruction
~ TTOI-H-INP-IINLPFM-T-BAS-I-OSHBTP-TB-LBIA ~ The Time Of Innocence – However – Is Now Past – It Is No Longer Possible For Mankind – To Blunder About Self-Indulgently – Our Species Has Become Too Powerful – To Be – Led By Instincts Alone
~ U-TCO-‘G’-A’B’-AOUFSP-A-GDTANI ~ Unfortunately – The Concepts Of – “Good” – And – “Bad” – Are Often Used For Selfish Purposes – And – Are – Given Definitions That Advance Narrow Interests
~ WLWCOTW-N-DOU ~ Whether Life Will Continue On This World – Now – Depends On Us
~ UWC-DYF-TG-SAH-?-WATONMF? ~ Under What Conditions – Do You Feel – The Greatest – Serenity And Happiness – ? – Why Are These Occasion Not More Frequent?
~ B-N-L-T-CTM-MHBA-GPFS-T-SAFATHSCB ~ But – Nowadays – Learning – To – Control The Mind – May Have Become A– Greater Priority For Survival – Than – Seeking Any Further Advantages The Hard Sciences Could Bring
~ TMWKA-H-TMW-TMWRT-TFTWWETW-HS-P-B-I-B ~ The More We Know About – How – The Mind Works – The More We Realize That – The Filter Through Which We Experience The World – Has Some – Peculiar – Built-In – Biases
~ IWLO-IC-BDB-GI-T-HBAITP ~ If We Let Our – Individual Consciousness – Be Directed By – Genetic Instructions – That – Have Been Advantageous In The Past
~ E-AVAA-MEB-AT-ASOA-B-IIFTETFTB-FP-I-R-WTADH ~ Economists – Are Very Clever At – Modelling Economic Behavior – According To – All Sorts Of Assumptions – But – It Is Foolish To Expect To Find Those Behaviors – Functioning Predictably – In –Reality – Where The Assumptions Don’t Hold
~ C-IA-FC-T-N-C-PAC ~ Civilization – Is A – Fragile Construction – That – Needs – Constant – Protection And Care
~ ATP ~ Addiction To Pleasure
~ I-ER-I-D-SI-AECI-T-WOTB ~ If – Excessive Rationality – Is – Dangerous – So Is – An Excessive Confidence In – The – Wisdom Of The Body
~ OA-HS-TAT-A-F-TTM-T-TTS-F-E-A-T-D ~ Our Ancestors – Have Switched – Time And Time – Again – From – Trusting Their Minds – To – Trusting Their Senses – First – Embracing – Apollo – Then – Dionysus
~ CBD-CBE-A-ITANS-IA-M-C-W-TWCFS-R ~ Certain Basic Drives – Cannot Be Eradicated – And – If They Are Not Satisfied – In A – Meaningful – Creative – Way – They Will Clamor For Satisfaction – Regardless
~ WNA-AW-SOI-TSB-OAR-BOO-GI-CR-A-T-UDOTS-TDAC-Y-TNTBST-F-TSTB-TL ~ We Normally Allow – A Whole – Series Of Illusions – To Stand Between – Ourselves And Reality – Built Out Of – Genetic Instructions – Cultural Rules – And – The – Unbridled Desires Of The Self – These Distortions Are Comforting – Yet – They Need To Be Seen Through – For – The Self To Be Truly Liberated
~ OC-MAL-DNJ-CUI-TA-PO-AEAO-‘N’-ID-O-DTMSOI-CSHS ~ Of Course – Myths And Legends – Did Not Just – Convey Useful Information – They Also – Passed On – An Enormous Amount Of – “Noise” – Irrelevant Details – Or – Details That Make Sense Only In – Certain Specific Historical Situations
~ M-HG-B-TTA-CP-SA-T-COTU-A-TTWOLABTAE ~ Most – Human Groups – Believe – That They Are – Chosen People – Situated At – The – Center Of The Universe – And – That Their Ways Of Life Are Better Than Anyone Else’s
~TLTGWWOI-TCT-UR-OG ~ The Larger The Group With Which One Identifies – The Closer To – Ultimate Reality One Gets
~ TSF-RTC-I-ETT ~ The Step From – Relativism To Cynicism – Is – Easy To Take
~ G-AN-OLH-II-W-WA-TS ~ Genes – Are Not – Our Little Helpers – It Is – We – Who Are – Their Servants
~ SITTM-WRTWUB-HWA-MBCITB ~ Survival In The Third Millennium – Will Require That We Understand Better – How We Are – Manipulated By Chemicals In The Body
~ K-TOOM-A-BAOOB-IT-PFF ~ Knowing – The Origin Of Motives – And – Becoming Aware Of Our Biases – Is The – Prerequisite For Freedom
~ IISTFATCOTU ~ It Is Good To Feel At The Center Of The Universe
~ IIDTTTS-TPOTW-A-PBOC ~ It Is Dangerous To Take Too Seriously – The Picture Of The World – As – Painted By One’s Culture
~ EIWA-PW-V-ILT-BTOC-A-ET-HTT-‘O’ ~ Excessive Identification With A – Particular World-View – Inevitably Leads To – Blindness To Other Cultures – And – Eventually To – Hostility Toward The – “Other”
~ TWEHIA-OPDO-WIA-A-WICB? ~ To What Extent Have I Accepted – Other People’s Definition Of – Who I Am – And – What I Could Be?
~ TMTEBIWSOTS-TMVIB ~ The More The Ego Becomes Identified With Symbols Outside The Self – The More Vulnerable It Becomes
~ WCBF-U-WLT-POFOPA-A-RFEO ~ We Cannot Be Free – Unless – We Learn To – Protect Ourselves From Other People’s Ambitions – And – Refrain From Exploiting Others
~ T-MMHA-I-TRFAOP ~ The – Most Marvelous Human Accomplishment – Is – To Refrain From Abusing One’s Privileges
~ WACDAA-‘PM’-WCTK-ASOS-TMBTT-RE-OSET ~ Whenever A Cult Develops Around A – “Perfect Master” – Who Claims To Know – A Series Of Steps – That Must Be Taken To – Reach Enlightenment – One Should Expect Trouble
~ M-OTH-COA-WTT-RT-WIIGFUON ~ Memes – Once They Have – Claimed Our Attention – Will Try To – Reproduce Themselves – Whether It Is Good For Us Or Not
~ SB-A-E-WO-PE-I-BD-A-W ~ Step Back – And – Evaluate – Where Our – Psychic Energy – Is – Being Directed – And – Why
~ WITS? ~ What Is The Self?
~ WWPAT-INTM-WAWWAT ~ What We Pay Attention To – Is No Trivial Matter – We Are What We Attend To
~ IIASTMAI-B-IE-T-B-IC ~ It Is Always Simpler To Make An Impression – By – Increasing Entropy – Than – By – Increasing Complexity
~ ITFP-IIETLT-EL-IRDNMSTGTTMOE-IODN-AAMOIAP ~ In The First Place – It Is Essential To Learn To – Enjoy Life – It Really Does Not Make Sense To Go Through The Motions Of Existence – If One Does Not – Appreciate As Much Of It As Possible
~ IWRT-MMOTO-A-IN-C-TTOO-PE-IT-BDTR-WMRLOARO-EUA-SOTOWC ~ If We Remember That – Memes Multiply On Their Own – And – If Not – Curbed – They Take Over Our – Psychic Energy – In Their – Blind Drive To Replicate – We Might Run Less Of A Risk Of – Ending Up As – Servants Of The Objects We Create
~ TFIIOH ~ The Future Is In Our Hands
~ PO-TV-P-S-MC-O-PP ~ Performances Of – TV – Pundits – Sado-Masochistic Celebrations – Of – Popular Powerlessness
~ MPAA-TTVMO-WS-P-ANLF-TFOIOC-BF-SS-A-TCO-CFI-EMT-WWIEBSSIE ~ Most People Are Aware – That The Vast Majority Of – Wall Street – Profits – Are No Longer From – The Fruits Of Industry Or Commerce – But From – Sheer Speculation – And – The Creation Of – Complex Financial Instruments – Elaborate Magic Tricks – Whisking Wealth Into Existence By Simply Saying It Exists
~ W-FHRM-I-CB-G-A-FI-TET-ALALPOC-F-DAD-ID ~ What – Financialization Has Really Meant – Is – Collusion Between – Government – And – Financial Institutions – To Ensure That – A Larger And Larger Proportion Of Citizens – Fall – Deeper And Deeper – In Debt
~ WA-T-RM-DA-E-TOI-I-TBS ~ When A – True – Revolutionary Movement – Does Arise – Everyone – The Organizers Included – Is – Taken By Surprise
~ TOOI-HH-TAH-TSWCTH ~ Transformative Outbreaks Of Imagination – Have Happened – They Are Happening – They Surely Will Continue To Happen
~ OTPOAWOAIPTFTYNQSWITTS ~ Often The Power Of A Work Of Art Is Precisely The Fact That You’re Not Quite Sure What It’s Trying To Say
~ PP:TITT-OF-TAAGT-SE-TKOSIWTC ~ Prefigurative Politics: The Idea That The – Organizational Form – That An Activist Group Takes – Should Embody – The Kind Of Society It Wishes To Create
~ TT-IW-T-TW-BHB-FC-A-DAP-TT-TCHCH ~ This Time – It Wasn’t – The – Third World – Being Hit By – Financial Crises – And – Devastating Austerity Plans – This Time – The Crisis Had Come Home
~ AAC-I-WPUD-WTDWT-TARA ~ Appointing A Committee – Is – What Politicians Usually Do – When They Don’t Want To – Take Any Real Action
~ T-1%-W-TO-CTR-FHT-PS-W-A-HTIIOBO-LB ~ The – 1 Percent – Were – The Ones – Creating The Rules – For How The – Political System – Works – And – Had Turned It Into One Based On – Legalized Bribery
~ YAWTBATGHS-YDSTNOHEDB ~ You Always Want To Be Able To Go Home Saying – You’ve Done Something That No One Has Ever Done Before
~ VW ~ Vibes Watcher
~ WDWFDR? ~ What Did We Finally Do Right?
~ WDIW? ~ Why Did It Work?
~ WFBA-BO-NI-‘FOO’-WNHTRT-P-PB-T-DT-SQ ~ When Faced By A – Band Of – Nonviolent Idealists – “Forces Of Order” – Will Not Hesitate To Resort To – Pure – Physical Brutality – To – Defend The – Status Quo
~ LC-D-TAO-PSTE-A-AT ~ Local Courts – Declared – The Application Of – Pepper Spray To Eyeballs – An – Acceptable Tactic
~ AT-BOLAAD-I-TB-TAIOAL ~ And To – Begin One’s Life As A Debtor – Is – To Be – Treated As If One Already Lost
~ DINOH-B-D ~ Debt Is Not Only Hardship – But – Degradation
~ ILL-WS-SO-C-A-SS-WGTHTBRS ~ It Looked Like – Wall Street – Spending On – Cocaine – And – Sexual Services – Was Going To Have To Be Retrenched Somewhat
~ TOWSC-PHL-WT-WFTSFOTVPWHLHTM-A-WB-HF-TD-HJBO ~ The Only Way She Could – Pay Her Loans – Was To – Work Fulfilling The Sexual Fantasies Of The Very People Who Had Loaned Her The Money – And – Whose Banks – Her Family’s – Tax Dollars – Had Just Bailed Out
~ D-A-A-SF-TPATTR-A-W-T-FC-CFTPBTR-DTWETFS-GR-B-PAM-GI-A-AAR-WEGP-A-BTWEGHTB-W-T-A-RTALO-APH ~ Debt – And – A – Stolen Future – They Played According To The Rules – And – Watched – The – Financial Class – Completely Fail To Play By The Rules – Destroy The World Economy Through Fraudulent Speculation – Get Rescued – By – Prompt And Massive – Government Intervention – And – As A Result – Wield Even Greater Power – And – Be Treated With Even Greater Honor Than Before – While – They – Are – Relegated To A Life Of – Apparently Permanent Humiliation
~ IIC ~ Infrastructure Is Crumbling
~ B-R-‘CL’ ~ Bribery – Renamed –”Corporate Lobbying”
~ LB-IMC-PNFTAA ~ Largest Banks – In Many Cases – Paying No Federal Taxes At All
~ C-T-TVP-W-VTBTO ~ Cash – To – The Very Politicians – Who – Voted To Bail Then Out
~ AGOYP-HERTF-TDEWTWSTO-ATTR-A-GWTN ~ A Generation Of Young People – Has Every Reason To Feel – They’d Done Exactly What They Were Supposed To Do – According To The Rulebook – And – Got Worse Than Nothing
~ LMTAESOE-UBUBTPO-C/P/P-A-TGWTGTC-TPTCM ~ Little More Than An Elaborate System Of Extraction – Ultimately Backed Up By The Power Of – Courts / Prison / Police – And – The Government’s Willingness To Grant To Corporations – The Power To Create Money
~ E-SA-IP-B-GST-‘F’-P-WT-EV-IT-BS-WTMIP-I-E-CTBB-MAM-O-SE-‘S’ ~ Empires – Start As – Industrial Powers – But – Gradually Shift To – “Financial” – Powers – With The – Economic Vitality – In The – Banking Sector – What This Means In Practice – Is – Empires – Come To Be Based – More And More – On – Sheer Extortion – “Seigniorage”
~ CGD – WD ~ Circulating Government Debt – War Debt
~ ‘MC’ ~ “Mafia Capitalism”
~ TFT-MP-OATT-TW-DA-FC-AA-SN-BOE-T-SSS-REMWTTR-1%-A-OTETEMPBT-FSI-IN-BAAH-TRT-TCCH-IT-HBAWO-DI ~ The Formula The – Major Powers – Once Applied To The – Third World – Declare A – Financial Crisis – Appoint A – Supposedly Neutral – Board Of Economist – To – Slash Social Services – Reallocate Even More Wealth To The Richest – 1 Percent – And – Open The Economy To Even More Pillaging By The – Financial Services Industry – Is Now – Being Applied At Home – The Response To – The Crisis Coming Home – In Turn – Has Been A Wave Of – Democratic Insurrections
~ A-RR-MAOATLO-CS ~ A – Real Revolution – Must Always Operate At The Level Of – Common Sense
~ BI-MIP-B-DOMBSOR-T-CI-IT-T-CE ~ Buying Influence – Money Is Power – Bribery – Defines Our Most Basic Sense Of Reality – To – Challenge It – Is Therefore – To – Challenge Everything
~ YKYAITPOA-CPS-WTWDI-CCTBTPN-E-A-CW-PEAO-PD ~ You Know You Are In The Presence Of A – Corrupt Political System – When – Those Who Defend It – Cannot Call Things By Their Proper Names – Euphemisms – And – Code Words – Pervade Every Aspect Of – Public Debate
~ OTWAT-W-GPM-SATIT-P-WRTA-‘B’-A-IW-I-N-SB-HBR-‘F-R’-A-B-I-‘L’ ~ Once There Was A Time – When – Giving Politicians Money – So As To Influence Their – Position – Was Referred To As –”Bribery” – And – It Was – Illegal – Now – Soliciting Bribes – Has Been Relabeled – “Fund-Raising”– And – Bribery – Itself –”Lobbying”
~ J-F-PPP ~ Justifications – For – Preconceived Political Positions
~ EETCUWS-SRF-DWWHADTD ~ Economists Exist To Come Up With Scientific-Sounding Reasons For – Doing What We Have Already Decided To Do
~ M-O-IA ~ Manufacture – Of – Intellectual Authority
~ CTTAAML ~ Cynicism Taken To An Almost Mystical Level
~ A-ES-BO-TMO-G-A-FI-W-MITIP-WITUT-MMM ~ An – Economic System – Based On – The Marriage Of – Government – And – Financial Interest – Where – Money Is Transformed Into Power – Which Is Then Used To – Make More Money
~ HHST-VIO-W/S/DP/WL-COE-IBUB-A/P/P ~ History Has Shown That – Vast Inequalities Of – Wealth / Slavery / Debt Peonage / Wage Labor – Can Only Exist – If Backed Up By – Armies / Prisons / Police
~ WRDCAF-WRAWTD-IAB-T-SOP-STST-RTDS ~ When Regimes Do Crumble And Fall – When Revolutionaries Actually Win The Day – It’s Always Because – The – Soldiers Or Police – Sent To Shoot Them – Refused To Do So
~ WT-N-FMI-HFIAAAA-ROB-IH-IF-BRF-TFASTHOOAPS ~ While The – New – Free Market Ideology – Has Framed Itself Above All As A – Rejection Of Bureaucracy – It Has – In Fact – Been Responsible For – The First Administrative System That Has Operated On A Planetary Scale
~ AFIM-OD-V-I-BAP-TIWHIHAB-TPTOTS ~ Aside From Its More – Obvious Disadvantages – Violence – Is – Boring And Predictable – This Is Why Historically It Has Always Been – The Preferred Tactic Of The Stupid
~ MN ~ MORAL NATURALISM
~ WTIAGONIITTT-BISOAANO-AEH-NC-STSA ~ Whether There Is A God Or Not – Is Irrelevant To The Theory – Because – In Science Our Approach Is A Naturalistic One – All Effects Have – Natural Causes – Subject To Scientific Analysis
~ AN EVOLVED MORAL SENSE
~ MSIH-AMPIHG-E-PTTFONSOOI-A-S-TTFO-GSOOP ~ Moral Sentiments In Humans – And – Moral Principles In Human Groups – Evolved – Primarily – Through The Force Of Natural Selection Operating On Individuals – And – Secondarily – Through The Force Of – Group Selection Operating On Populations
~ AEMS ~ AN EVOLVED MORAL SOCIETY
~ HEAASPSWAAHON-F-S-SOTI-T-TEOTITTF-T-ASOBWTEF-T-TRAOTC-T-IAOS-T-SA-A-B-AAOOMOTSABCTD ~ Humans Evolved As A Social Primate Species With An Ascending Hierarchy Of Needs – From – Self-Survival Of The Individual – To – The Extension Of The Individual Through The Family – To – A Sense Of Bonding With The Extended Family – To – The Reciprocal Altruism Of The Community – To – Indirect Altruism Of Society – To – Species Altruism And Bioaltruism – As Awareness Of Our Membership Of The Species – And – Biosphere Continues To Develop
~ T-BB-HN-A-MF-ALU-BC-W-TM-SAC-HN-A-MF-ALU-CC ~ The – Most Basic – Human Needs – And – Moral Feelings – Are Largely Under – Biological Control – Whereas – The More – Social And Cultural – Human Needs – And – Moral Feelings – Are Largely Under – Cultural Control
~ TNOMN ~ THE NATURE OF MORAL NATURE
~ H-A-BN-MAI-GAE/AAS/CAC/PAB/VAN-SMTVWI-AWA-WAB-G ~ Humans – Are – By Nature – Moral And Immoral / Good And Evil / Altruistic And Selfish / Cooperative And Competitive / Peaceful And Bellicose / Virtuous And Nonvirtuous – Such Moral Traits Vary Within Individuals – As Well As – Within And Between – Groups
~ PM ~ PROVISIONAL MORALITY
~ MP-A-PT-TI-TAT-MP-I-MC-I-MC-MOTT ~ Moral Principles – Are – Provisionally True – That Is – They Apply To – Most People – In – Most Cultures – In – Most Circumstances – Most Of The Time
~ PRAW ~ PROVISIONAL RIGHT AND WRONG
~ A-FP:TFOWAAI-ROW-AF ~ Ask-First Principle: To Find Out Whether An Action Is – Right Or Wrong – Ask First
~ HP:IIAHMPTASHWSEHIM-A-NSHWILTSEU ~ Happiness Principle: It Is A Higher Moral Principle To Always Seek Happiness With Someone Else’s Happiness In Mind – And – Never Seek Happiness When It Leads To Someone Else’s Unhappiness
~ LP:IIAHMPTASLWSELIM-A-NSLWILTSELOL ~ Liberty Principle: It Is A Higher Moral Principle To Always Seek Liberty With Someone Else’s Liberty In Mind – And – Never Seek Liberty When It Leads To Someone Else’s Loss Of Liberty
~ MP:WIPD-EITDOAINV-A-MITPOEINV ~ Moderation Principle: When Innocent People Die – Extremism In The Defense Of Anything Is No Virtue – And – Moderation In The Protection Of Everything Is No Vice
~PJ ~ PROVISIONAL JUSTICE
~ AWAAST-LON-A-FO-C-A-H-TSO-TAB-WA-FMA-RFOA-TI-C-A-SJ-WHCTPFO-RAG-A-A-RAP-SATTIAL-PJ-IN-HAN ~ Although We Are All Subject To – Laws Of Nature – And – Forces Of – Culture – And – History – That Shape Our – Thoughts And Behaviors – We Are– Free Moral Agents – Responsible For Our Actions – There Is – Individual Culpability – And – Social Justice – Within Human Communities That Produce Feelings Of – Righteousness And Guilt – And – Administer – Rewards And Punishments – Such That There Is At Least – Provisional Justice – In The – Here And Now
~ EEE ~ ENNOBLING EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS
~ AA-EMOHP-T-MS-T-IAG-A-BTTS-POTIFO-E/H/C ~ As An – Evolved Mechanism Of Human Psychology – The – Moral Sense – Transcends – Individuals And Groups – And – Belongs To The Species – Products Of The Impersonal Forces Of – Evolution / History / Culture
~ AC-PBSTOTTTTAOWGOATF-TTO-IAPSCU-TMAB-A-WPMTTRT ~ Automation Complacency – People Become So Trusting Of The Technology That Their Awareness Of What’s Going On Around Them Fades – They Tune Out – If A Problem Suddenly Crops Up – They May Act Bewildered – And – Waste Precious Moments Trying To Reorient Themselves
~ AB-WPGUWTTICTTM-EW-TIIWOM-T-IOD-OSOI ~ Automation Bias – When People Give Undue Weight To The Information Coming Through Their Monitors – Even When – The Information Is Wrong Or Misleading – They – Ignore Or Discount – Other Sources Of Information
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