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simon_brooke

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Anarcho-syndicalist, autistic, crofter, cyclist, depressive, entrepreneur, geek, searchable, Zapatista. Politics & environment, especially #LandReform. he/him.

Twitter: https://mastodon.scot/@simon_brooke
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Credo: Life is harsh. What we can do - and what we should do - is strive to make it less harsh for the people around us.

Addendum: you would not deliberately block a wheelchair ramp. Do not post images to social media without alt text.

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marcelias, to random
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Let's be clear:

A vote for No Labels is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Cornel West is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Robert Kennedy is a vote for Trump.
Not voting is a vote for Trump.

A vote for Biden & Democrats is a vote for democracy.

simon_brooke,
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@marcelias a vote for Biden is scarcely a vote for democracy: anything recognisable by the outside world as 'democracy' has never been on offer in US (or UK) elections.

But it is a vote against fascism, and fascism is a very good thing to vote against.

autism101, to actuallyautistic

Many things that may seem trivial to others might not be so for an autistic person.

Going to the grocery store can be incredibly stressful navigating the many people, sounds, lights, smells and decisions. It can be overwhelming.

@actuallyautistic

simon_brooke,
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@autism101 @actuallyautistic Aye. This is something I used to have acute difficulty with, and still have quite a lot of difficulty with.

peterbrown, to random
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It would seem that Glasgow has some way to go before placing pedestrians at the top of the hierarchy of road users.
Basically what this sign says is cyclists should ping their bells or shout and pedestrians should get out their way “politely”. 

It even says make yourself visible!
Are pedestrians expected to wear dayglo yellow?

simon_brooke,
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@MadeyeTheCarnaptious @strathearnrose @CloudyMrs @peterbrown I disagree. You can't safely mix cyclists moving at ~15mph with pedestrians (and dogs!) moving at ~3mph; and if cyclists can't sustain an efficient speed, it's not a useful cyclepath.

I think we need enforced 20mph speed limits on non-arterial urban roads and on unclassified rural roads, and put the cyclists mostly back on the road.

simon_brooke,
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@CloudyMrs @nusher @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @strathearnrose @peterbrown We are traffic.

It's no good saying that other people('s vehicles) are the problem, we have to share our world with other people.

simon_brooke,
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@CloudyMrs @nusher @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @strathearnrose @peterbrown Well, but this is where we must campaign for change. When I was young, drinking and driving, and not wearing seat belts, was normal. Smoking in offices was normal. Touching women without permission was normal. Prejudice against minorities was normal. Now none of those things are acceptable.

Social attitudes can change; we need to change this one, too.

ajsadauskas, to fediverse
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So let me get this straight.

The Effective Altruism/Musk/Thiel/MacAskill/Longtermism crowd is obsessed with artificial general intelligence.

Their view is that bringing about "friendly" AGI, along with space travel, should be humanity's top priority. They believe that if a “friendly” AGI superintelligence is created whose goals “are aligned” with “human goals,” then a new Utopian age will begin.

Their view is also that the biggest threat facing humanity is a malevolent AGI superintelligence, whose goals are not aligned with "human goals".

That's the dichotomy. Promote "friendly" superintelligence, avoid malevolent superintelligence.

Okay then.

Let's follow their logic.

Where would a socialist, feminist, or pro-Black superintelligence fit in that dichotomy?

If a superintelligence evaluated the data and decided that Emma Goldman and Comandante Che were basically right, and the best hope for humanity is to do away with all the billionaires, would that be a friendly superintelligence that's aligned with "human goals", or a malevolent one?

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/the-dangerous-ideas-of-longtermism-and-existential-risk @fediverse @technology

simon_brooke,
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@ajsadauskas @fediverse @technology

"Human" goals. But which humans?

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