more generally "the problem with humans is, humans" is in one sense true but there are several problems with this 1. in practice (as above) this quickly becomes ". . . but not humans generally just those OTHER humans" 2. "make people different" is not an implementable policy
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3. thinking "no making people different will work this time" wow metapic.twitter.com/btilWxKRWl
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4. going metachesterton you will quickly find that if you make humans different somehow there will be a Cost and you wont much like or be prepared to pay it
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5. Going further down this tunnel people being people will continue being people and trying to make people not people Idk have fun meatbags
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Replying to @NoLongerBennett @eigenrobot
I wonder if Thomas Sowell wrote an insightful book about this specific topic
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Replying to @chrylis @NoLongerBennett
that sounds plausible none of my ideas are original
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Replying to @NoLongerBennett @eigenrobot
To coin a phrase, there is nothing new under the sun.
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the art comes in telling the old stories in such a compelling way that people incorporate it into their own narratives best we can do
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