ProdigalFrog
A frog who wants the objective truth about anything and everything.
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2·10 天前It’s not that they don’t process words, it’s that those without internal monologues may think in concepts, images, or visualized actions rather than using the words those concepts are attached to. As an example, some deaf people if they have an internalized monologue have reported their monologue being visualized sign language, instead of audible speech spoken in their head. There’s quite a lot of variability in how someone processes their internal thoughts.
Some without internal monologues have mentioned that they can vocalize text in their head, but only if done consciously, and they usually find that it would make reading agonizingly slow to do so for them.
Simon Roper does a couple really excellent videos on this subject, if you’d like to hear a very eloquent first hand experience of someone else’s non-monologue internal thoughts.
Also @absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
4·17 天前The average American reads below a 6th grade level.
Here’s a great example of how that compares to other adjacent grades.
19·25 天前I was anticipating a negative take on Solarpunk based on the title, but it’s actually quite a well made video with good points. I do wish she had touched on the ideology behind solarpunk (Anarchism), but otherwise good stuff.
Over on the r/Solarpunk community on reddit, there’s often debates as to what constitutes solarpunk, with many arguing that AI and greenwashed buildings should count. I’ve even seen an argument for solarpunk being compatible with capitalism once or twice, and this video would make for a good rebuttal against that co-option.
The despair you feel toward the average person’s lack of interest or outright dismissal of these very real problems is unfortunately common. As others have said, the magnitude of the problems we face is often paralyzing. How to begin addressing these massive problems was a question asked by a mother to Noam Chomsky in 1992, and I think his answer still holds up quite well. One of his big points is that it’s pretty much impossible to tackle any of this alone, you need a group to brainstorm ideas on how to solve things and not feel so helpless as a single individual surrounded by a sea of uncaring people.
In a way, this community, slrpnk.net, and even the fediverse as a whole is acting as a place for people to come together and know that they’re not entirely alone, though finding a group in real life who shares your values would allow you to really start enacting change, even if on a small scale.
It can often take empathy to be able to even see or care beyond oneself and towards a bigger picture. An unemphatic person could, and often does, simply reject an ideology that may not place their own wants or desires above that of others, even if they are in the same class as those who would benefit from such an ideology.
An average right-wing libertarian is often not terribly wealthy and works for a living, putting them in the working class, but they may find Ayn Rand’s flavor of selfish ancap/libertarianism appealing due to a lack of empathy, even if practically it does not improve their circumstances.
2·26 天前Hm, from what I recall, it mentions the differences in density between various cities and how that effects the techniques used. Could you link a timestamp of where he says it’s only for US suburbia?
The video creator does not assume hydroponics with grow lights, but open-air traditional growing techniques. Only in the case of extremely dense cities with little room, is aquaponics or chinampas considered.
But the amount of land it takes to efficiently grow crops is many, many times what the cities have available
David R. Montegomery’s book, Dirt referenced some interesting studies which seemed to indicate that urban farming can potentially out-produce industrial agriculture by 10 to 100 times, depending on the size (the smaller the farm, the more potential productive capacity).
Screenshot of the book referenced in another video (unfortunately also youtube):
That second video also referenced this interesting experiment by someone trying to sustain themselves off a small garden with limited time and effort put into it:
https://www.unsustainablemagazine.com/home-gardens-vs-farms-efficiency/
The video goes over the potential yields if cars were mostly replaced with public transport, and most of the now unused roads and parking lots in cities were converted to growing space (with some rooftop gardens as well).
Edit: I forgot to mention, the video mainly suggests that cities can be self sufficient in their food supply, not that they would have an excess to export out of cities. But it suggests that the same techniques could be used for less urban areas as well so that they too could become self sufficient.
Or, perhaps Yes.
There are other people doing things, too and you can find them.
Short guide for how to find those like-minded folk: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/113589807117870451
Speaking for myself, I’d love to see a StorySeedLibrary community here on slrpnk, if it’s something you’d be interested in :)
Helluva good post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts here.
3·27 天前The linked documentary offers a strong critique of the reformist attempts from local Chileans who were there on the ground (starting at around one hour in). I can only offer my own criticisms as a non-Chilean looking in from the outside.
Historically liberal reform either kicks the can of capitalism’s problems down the road (FDR in the 1930’s), or fails to even kick the can due to so much corporate capture of the government, that it actually accelerates a turn toward right-wing authoritarianism.
In the case of Chile, the latter case seems to be happening. The proposed progressive constitution to replace Pinochet’s constitution likely failed due to the deep corporate pockets available to right-wing institutions, who are able to effectively trick under-educated citizens into voting against their own interests through massive propaganda campaigns (the same thing happened in the US thanks to Fox news, hence why they are now in a power struggle against literal fascists).
The right-wing then mobilized to create a new right-wing pro corporate constitution, which was only narrowly avoided despite their propaganda efforts.
The new leftist president Gabriel Boric, as most leftist politicians do after reaching political office, began to become more moderate, all the while congress, who are corporate captured, continued to vote down his reformist taxation policies. It’s a classic tactic of letting the left spin their wheels and burnout in congress/parliament for years to stall direct action. All the while regular people continue to suffer under capital, and become more and more enchanted by the easy solutions fascists can offer.
History has generally shown that the olive branch of reform is a tool used by the elites and capital to quell a growing movement to overthrow them. It’s their last option before using more brutal authoritarian control to maintain their grasp on power.
The most effective non-violent action we can take is to organize a General Strike.
The country would be brought to its knees if suddenly deprived of profit and labor. That tactic was extremely effective in Chile in 2019, and had they not fallen for the trick of liberal reform, they would’ve had a successful revolution on their hands with virtually no bloodshed.
If you aren’t in a union (or even if you are, it’s worth dual-carding), please consider joining the IWW to unionize your workplace (bonus: you’ll get higher wages, better benefits, and more time off if you succeed!) to strengthen a general strike if we manage to enact one, as most unions have a strike fund that can supplement your income during a general strike to make it more financially bearable (you should also save as much money as you can reasonably do, so it can also be used to keep yourself afloat during a strike).
And for our international friends, you should join one as well, as fascism is gaining momentum globally. If your country isn’t listed below, just contact the IWW directly in the link above, and they’ll help you set up a new local branch.
The vanguard ESGV fund is, I think, similar to a total-market index fund but with fossil fuels removed, and it only has a very slight increase in management fees compared to their standard index funds (I think it’s expense ratio is 0.09).
However, like many index funds, it’s invested heavily into Nvidia, Google, Meta, Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft, Apple, etc. So a lot of that investment money isn’t going to ethical companies, and if the AI bubble pops, those funds will be hit fairly hard (along with the whole market).
16·29 天前I also thought buying the name for so much money (over a million, and Peri refinanced his house to afford it) just wasn’t worth it.
But with so much invested now, they’re likely to fight it out in court to the end. Apparently the Italian company’s ownership of the name is dubious, but it will still be costly to fight.
The IWW has 8,000 members? How long has it been around?
It was founded in 1905, and at one time had 150,000 members. Its membership was gutted by extreme persecution during the red scare, and the Taft-Hartley act essentially outlawed their (very successful) tactics. Historically, the AFL-CIO raided members during those persecutions to swell their own ranks.
The IWW’s membership has been steadily growing in recent years as their tactics become needed once more, especially now that the NLRB has been captured and is effectively union hostile. Traditional unions are very much reliant on a friendly NLRB to function and thrive, and are not generally well equipped tactically to fight back against the current regime. We’ll need to call upon those old tactics to survive this period, and hopefully to give unions their teeth back, as they are currently quite a moderate group content with marginal gains that often barely keep up with inflation.
There’s a lot of merit in joining the IWW to help build it up back to its former glory, as it’s the only union in the US that is at its core is working toward abolishing capitalism, instead of becoming content making it slightly more bearable.
How do we get those fuckers to strike?
The UAW was planning a general strike for May 1st 2028, but that was before Trump was elected, and when they likely thought we had more time.
6·1 个月前9%, or nearly 200k votes.
1 million votes total.
and much more efficient than driving.
Unless it’s an EV being charged with renewable energy, which as more transition to them, would likely make (non-train) ground travel be the lower emission option compared to flying (already a potential reality for Norway or other countries, still a very long way to go for the US).
I was surprised to learn a year ago that window AC units with heatpump heating are now available. I imagine they’re a good option when combined with a good window seal.