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Threat to abortion rights

lundi 3 décembre 2018 à 01:00

Yet another threat to abortion rights: exploiting an accident that spoiled frozen ova and embryos to try to claim that each of them was a "death."

The just way to handle these accidents is to treat the eggs and embryos as property with special sentimental value.

US private immigration prison companies

lundi 3 décembre 2018 à 01:00

US private immigration prison companies hire asylum seekers for a pittance. They effectively compel the asylum seekers to work for a pittance by denying them essentials such as toothpaste. Now they are being sued for this.

The claim that someone agreed to work for less than the minimum wage is no excuse for failing to pay the minimum wage.

Danger of rule by AIs

lundi 3 décembre 2018 à 01:00

The power of large corporations — effectively, intelligent machines whose components are human — illustrates the danger of rule by AIs.

A corporation is fundamentally similar to a heartless AI that doesn't care about people.

Progressive movement

lundi 3 décembre 2018 à 01:00

It is useful for the progressive movement to ally with the forms of Christianity that promote equality and helping the poor.

"Lie detector" app

lundi 3 décembre 2018 à 01:00

The European Union is planning to interrogate visa applicants in extremely intrusive ways, which will involve a special "lie detector" app.

Whether the app is reliable in telling truth from lies is not clear. However, from the article it is almost certain that the app is nonfree software, and that in itself is an injustice, before you even get to the moral issues of what it does.