Check out David Graeber’s book Debt - The First 5000 Years. He argues that waaay before money people lived in complex credit economies, and that money only happened when there was war, so that you could pay soldiers.

Also barter economies only happen when people who have been used to money don’t have access to money anymore. Didn’t happen before money, or at least there’s no evidence of it.

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It’s not kind for sure, completely agree. My point was more that even if it’s unkind, it’s not necessarily racism or bioessentialism.

I think we must be kind to individuals, but still acknowledge problems with groups. That does require a shift in mindset to not feel personally impacted by statements about a group you belong to, which is easier said than done.

As I’m clearly in the wrong according to downvotes, could you elaborate on what I’m missing?

Half-asleep-sex can be amazing, there are different kinds of pleasure when you’re only half conscious.

Because of the current cultural context, yes. Even when you add “overall.” But I’d be completely open to you elucidating that you are referring to some non-racist point.

If there’s been a history of people stating this about a group meaning every single member, then you need to assume that’s what they mean. I don’t think that’s the case with men.

Not saying one meaning must be assumed over the other, you’ll have to depend on cultural context to understand the deeper meaning.

Compare for example “men can’t give birth” vs. “men love sports”. The former clearly intends to say “all men”, the latter intends “the group overall”.

One could understand “men are trash” as having the meaning “every single man is trash”, which would be in line with racism as you say. Or one could understand it as “the group overall is trash”, meaning any individual member isn’t necessarily trash.

The latter meaning is in some senses a matter of data - men are extremely overrepresented in e.g. violent crimes.

Which, again, doesn’t much about the individual man.

The difference is that 10 years ago you needed billions of stable qubits, now you need 10k stable qubits.

And 10 years ago you had one or two stable qubits in the lab, now you have thousands.

Denmark is amazing. Especially in spring, when the beech trees sprout leaves in the most delicate green color.

Things just work here, food is good, the music scene is great, government is highly trustworthy, lots of jobs, lots of welfare. Yes, it could be better still, but I don’t know many places where it works nearly as well as here.

It does, thanks for sharing. Wishing her good health!

Fascinating setup. Does she have sex with women outside your marriage, if I you don’t mind me asking?

Dredd (2012). Excellent film, stellar performances from Karl Urban and Lena Headey. Alex Garland writing goodness before he started directing.

On the topic of Alex Garland, I’ve also researched Civil War (2024) three times. I love how both movies are so tight, not a scene or moment wasted.

For reference, I don’t have any level of ADHD!

I recommend reading Marcus Aurelius, he reflects on a lot of similar things I think. Nas it’s inherently interesting to read an ancient Roman emperor deal with the same doubts as a regular modern person.

Concretely, consider working around 40 hours instead, and spend some of the extra time meditating to tune out external expectations, while tuning in to your own short and long term goals.

Guerilla marketing?