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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
none of these things is a substitute for a functional social fabric
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Chris Powers
@fortworthchris
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125 yrs ago not even the richest person in the world could have: - air conditioning - home refrigerator - a flashlight - a personal computer - access to an airplane - a radio - a television The world is getting better if you choose to look at progress rather than the media.
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
it boggles my mind that someone could list a bunch of appliances and consider this a knockdown argument that people’s lives are better now than before. you really think life is about having *appliances*?
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Divia Eden 🔍 is in Austin Aug 2-25
@diviacaroline
It’s not that I disagree with your priorities here, but I think a big part of it for me is that I suspect parents these days are mostly slightly better at listening to their kids than than at almost all other times in history? Appliance can’t make it happen, but IMO they help.
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
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i am apparently the resident spoiled sheltered rich kid now so lemme tell ya: my parents made sure i wanted for nothing materially growing up and i would have traded all of it for them actually listening to me instead
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