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Peer pressure from robots

mardi 21 août 2018 à 02:00

Human children, age 7-9, are vulnerable to peer pressure from robots.

The robots are not disguised — the children know that they are robots.

Warren's proposal

mardi 21 août 2018 à 02:00

Senator Warren's proposal aims to make capitalism bearable again by undoing some of the changes of recent decades, that converted it into a monster.

It may not be enough to rein in plutocracy, but at least it is a good start.

Age and attraction

mardi 21 août 2018 à 02:00

Research found that men generally find females of age 18 the most attractive.

This accords with the view that Stendhal reported in France in the 1800s, that a woman's most beautiful years were from 16 to 20.

Although this attitude on men's part is normal, the author still wants to present it as wrong or perverted, and implicitly demands men somehow control their attraction to direct it elsewhere. Which is as absurd, and as potentially oppressive, as claiming that homosexuals should control their attraction and direct it towards to the other sex. Will men be pressured to undergo "age conversion therapy" intended to brainwash them to feel attracted mainly to women of their own age?

'Reality TV'

mardi 21 août 2018 à 02:00

"Reality TV" taught the public to accept unreality as real and blatant lies as truth, even as it taught the bullshitter to succeed through telling blatant lies.

Mafia boss techniques

mardi 21 août 2018 à 02:00

Trump uses the techniques of mafia bosses to intimidate.