Death of Hypatia®

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  • WIBCI Post #9

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If those involved in POLITICS learned?

    WIBCI: Amazon didn’t use forever plastic in its shipping?

    Wouldn’t it also be cool if they didn’t box up boxes that said ‘OK to Ship’ inside another box?

    And Wouldn’t it be cooler yet, if they didn’t use boxes much too large for the item purchased, so that there is a cavernous void large enough for me to nap in?

    Seems like the 4th richest man in the world could afford to give a shit about the ripples created from his enterprise.

    What do YOU Think?

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  • WIBCI Post #8

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY/POLITICS AND LITERATURE?

    WIBCI: Companies and -illionaires followed the practice of Should over Could?

    -illionaires COULD not pay taxes because of a tax break, but that doesn’t mean they SHOULD not pay them.

    Taxes from money made off this country needs to be returned to it. It is like blood, it needs to circulate. It does not need to be in off shore trust fund for a worthless 3rd generation.

    Just cause you don’t have to, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. -illionaires could donate funds to their towns, cities, counties and state. Teachers make shit money, start there. Corporations that get tax breaks….for what?! Polluting our communities? Why not give back to those places that have given you so much, not because you have to, but because you should?

    Parting with Money I understand is the vilest of evils, but illionaires could part with what they saved…

    What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #8”

  • Know Thyself Post #8

    Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:

    How many Teams are you on?

    Death of Hypatia defines Teams as follows:

    Teams: / tiːmz / n: A group of equal and mutually respected individuals who, when acting as/or on behalf of said group, consider what is better for the group above that which may be better for them as individuals

    Rules/Caveats/Considerations:

    • You can NOT be on a Team of one
    • You can be on  a Team as a couple, but, both must be equal
    • You can be on a Team when playing sports. You are not on the Team if you act in a way that is better for you but NOT better for the Team
    • You can NOT be on a Team if you own it or profit from it
    • Team members do NOT lie to one another
    • Team members do NOT cheat/profit off one another
    • Team members do NOT ask you to hate

    Do YOU have any teams?… more “Know Thyself Post #8”

  • Know Thyself Post #7

    Know Thyself through HISTORY(yours):

    Try this:

    Think about someone in your life that has been selflessly kind to you.

    Not nice to you because they found you attractive.

    Not nice to you because of any perception of your wealth.

    Therefore, this means it probably eliminates anyone you met as an adult.

     

    Try and picture someone (probably from childhood) that always acted in a way they thought best for you, even if it was a detriment to themselves. Can you picture them?

    Next time you are making a decision that bothers you morally, make the decision like this person were watching you.

    Imagine if leaders did that…

    What do YOU think?… more “Know Thyself Post #7”

  • WIBCI Post #7

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY:

    WIBCI: we deposited our shit better? Throughout history, human refuse has been a problem, like for thousands of years. Since this first seemed to be of concern, we have actually sent humans to outer space, split that atom, and created fois gras. And as it seems to me that poop is the item we currently manufacture that is closest to becoming useful to the environment once more. Actually, maybe the only thing besides art.

    So why is a lot of it in diapers and pet poop bags that will never decompose?

    Seems plastic is NOT Better for the Most

    What do YOU Think?… more “WIBCI Post #7”

  • WIBCI Post #6

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If those involved in the POLITICS learned?

    WIBCI: Styrofoam was no longer manufactured or utilized, and the political leaders who are meant to protect us gave the illusion they were occasionally on the side of the consumer as opposed to Big Business?

    What do YOU think?

    Seems like Styrofoam sucks

    Better for the Most… more “WIBCI Post #6”

  • Know Thyself Post #6

    Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:

    What’s YOUR favorite color?

    If you ask any 11 year old girl this question, I bet, more often than not, they answer quickly and unequivocally.

    I would also further wager they could tell you why and possibly when this conclusion was made. They know what they think about color because they have actually taken the time to think about it. They were still for a moment, turned off the world, and really thought about it.

    When was the last time YOU really thought about something?

    So…What’s YOUR favorite color?… more “Know Thyself Post #6”

  • WIBCI Post #5

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY and we appreciated immigrants?

    WIBCI: we didn’t forget that unless our direct ancestors were part of a tribe on this continent, we are all descended from immigrants or people who were brought here as slaves?

    Seems the most pride should come from the tribes, and the least pride should sprout from the ancestors of people that took everything from them, no?

    The current descendants from immigrants that wish us to hate new immigrants, seem to have forgotten history.

    I would take a brand spanking new immigrant over a current descendant for the following things they do better:

    • Being a neighbor; most likely here is better than there, and appreciation makes for wonderful neighbors
    • Food; no way you cook better than them
    • To work with; they have grit, determination and have overcome odds, you were probably just given shit and feel entitled
    • They have roots elsewhere, hopefully somewhere where greed prevails less than here

    Immigrants rule.

    What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #5”

  • Know Thyself Post #5

    Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:

    Try this:

    Go outside into the analog world with no electronics.

    Stand on the closest thing to the Earth as possible.

    Look around until the voices in your head stop telling you about what you have to do. This could take awhile. Be patient.

    Look at the sky…..watch it.

    Stay outside until you notice something beautiful.

    What did YOU notice?

    Rinse and Repeat tomorrow. Maybe for longer.… more “Know Thyself Post #5”

  • WIBCI Post #4

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?:

    WIBCI if spoke honestly about ‘True’ Americans

    Seems to me the only people native to this country are those that were pushed aside by Europeans. The same ones that actually lived here first without taking it from other people.

    All I know of these people is pretty amazing:

    No concept of land ownership.

    Only taking what they need from the world.

    Respect.

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we actually honored these people, studied their history and made it part of ours? WIBCI it weren’t made difficult for these people to vote, or better yet they got electoral votes as a people?

    Seems it would be Better For the Most.

    What do YOU think?

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  • Know Thyself Post #4

    Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:

    Look at YOUR Art:

    Try this: walk around wherever you call home, find a picture/painting/piece of art hanging on the wall, and go look at it…..Really look at it. Take minutes doing this. Sit down and look at it from a distance and then go right up to it and look at its minutiae.

    Do YOU like it?

    Where did it come from?

    What does it mean to YOU/why is it hanging in your home?

    What does it say about YOU?

    What does it make YOU feel?… more “Know Thyself Post #4”

  • Know Thyself Post #3

    Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:

    Skateboarders…..

    I think kids that learned/are learning to skateboard are Better.

    They spend hours trying, watching, learning, and most importantly failing.

    Just because they want to.

    I’m impressed by the focus and fearlessness that is necessary to get good at something that physically hurts and takes a LOT of time.

    If I were ever interviewing someone, I would ask them to name something they spent a lot of time doing when they were young. Points would go to the skateboarders.

    You have proven focus and aren’t afraid of failing.

    I’d hire you.

    Makes me think of the things I really focused on throughout my life. Like go-to-bed-waking-up-obsessed-with kind of focus. I don’t remember feeling anxious. I remember being happy.

    What have YOU really focused on throughout your life?

    Skateboarders Rule

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  • WIBCI Post #3

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If Billionaires left us alone more?

    WIBCI: Insurance companies stopped constantly advertising to us? Seriously, if you start to notice, it will boggle your mind, and I apologize.

    Insurance Companies: Please stop interrupting my entertainment to remind me of your company.

    Why not spend the $ your use to sponsor EVERYTHING and spend it on denied insurance claims? That is your purpose right, to insure the lives of people? Why does your purpose seem to be ‘smoke em if you got em’?

    I think insurance companies doing what they were purported to do would be Better for the Most.

    Insurance companies seem to suck

    What do YOU think?

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  • WIBCI Post #2

     

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from LITERATURE?:

    WIBCI: AI only did things AI is better than humans at?

    AI should be doing computation and calculation, but that’s about it in my opinion.

    AI could be compared to Big Brother from George Orwell’s 1984, no? When all creativity and individuality was sucked out of human existence and everything was grey, how did that work out?

    I think it would be Better for the Most if we left some things to the humans, forever:

    • Art: REALLY? Art is pain, sweat, tears and emotions. It is the way someone screamed out what was going on inside them. Computers can not do this. If AI creating anything that ‘represents’ you, please replace it with something that came from the mind/fingers/soul of a person. AI will definitely end up charging you down the line, just wait and see….
    • Music: I can’t even.
    • Writing Books: Kill me. Books are the only thing out there uninterrupted by the rest of the world’s opinions, that you can start and stop at any time without commercial interruption. Where YOU picture the characters, admire who YOU want and learn more about yourself, unabated. Can you imagine what a world would be like if only computers wrote books?!
    • Communicating FOR YOU?: Are you, for real, so lazy that you can’t write emails by yourself, take notes in a meeting, or write your own resume/paper/blog post? It is YOU that you are offering the world, correct? Aren’t YOU the best representative of you? If AI is writing/reading/taking notes on anything FOR you, how do you get better at these essential life skills? Do you have to act like and become ‘AI You’ more and more…..that sounds sucky.
    • Customer Service: Humans BARELY do this job well, bots BLOW.
      • COMPANIES, I’m speaking directly to you: I believe it would be Better for the Most, that, if you provide the public a service, you use a human to support that service. AI is very terrible at customer service. It is like companies have a new toy….’AI! Wow, I have no idea really what it is, nor understand the repercussions to humanity and it actually makes my company’s customer experience worse….WOO HOO….sign me up!’

    Please stop, or at least show on your website the % of your customer service that is represented by AI.

    AI is Stupid.

    What do YOU think?

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  • Know Thyself Post #2

    Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:

    Ever notice when you are in a car waiting to take a left, the oncoming traffic often speeds up (front of the car goes down on acceleration), like they wish to hit you?!

    Is this truly the goal?  Would the oncoming driver prefer to hit you, than have to slow down? Perhaps the intention is to intimidate you to not dare occupy the space in front of them? Don’t YOU know who THEY are?!

    Seems to me, they are dicks.

    Next time you are driving, see if ‘they’ do this.

    Better yet. Notice if YOU do this…

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