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26 votes
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Star Trek: Lower Decks S01E01 - "Second Contact"
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Koffee - Pressure (2020)
6 votes -
Jon Gomm - Cocoon (2020)
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Are there any major problems in society that we genuinely do not have any good solutions to?
One of the most notable aspects of political discourse today is how many of the problems we have seem to have relatively simple solutions for how consequential they are: To reduce wealth...
One of the most notable aspects of political discourse today is how many of the problems we have seem to have relatively simple solutions for how consequential they are:
To reduce wealth inequality, we can use progressive taxation, antitrust, support of unionization so that poor people/workers have a large stake in their wages.
To give poorer people equal opportunity, we can use welfare initiatives like free (as in paid by taxes/free at the point of use) college, better pay for teachers and more equitable resource (as in textbooks, tables, chalk distribution for schools so poor people get more equitable education to rich people.
To reduce crime, violence and repeat sentencing we can reduce poverty (see the top question), encourage mental health initiatives and do not have cops take thatand have jail be rehabilitative rather than punitive.
To make make software less centralized and invasive, we can require Internet companies give you full, immediate disclosure of all the forms your data will be used and let people opt out of all of them, delete all their data, and also enforce antitrust when it comes to social media platforms (I.E Facebook should not own Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and their new TikTok analogue and the first thing you should see when logging into any of them is a list of ways these companies will collect your data and let you opt out of all of them and be as anonymous as you please)
To make sure democracy is indeed representative of the people and works well, we can introduce a parliamentary system or multi-winner congressional seats and institute STV or RCV or just approval voting if you really can't have more than 1 representative for an area (the US senate is cucked)
To make more progress in stopping COVID, we can have mass testing by the government, people must take social distancing seriously and wear masks, medics need to be taken seriously and properly supplied with PPE and all that.
Given these solutions, what are large problems we have/will have that we genuinely don't have an answer to instead of just not wanting to do something about it?
A few examples that come to my mind are:
How do we get corrupion out of a government? Since the vast majority of stuff I have mentioned in this post would be done by governments and governments under extensive corruption cannot be trusted to regulate anything.
How do we regulate news outlets to be fair and objective? We can get news outlets to be publically/popularly funded instead of ad(large-corporate)-funded and enforce antitrust, but that doesn't stop bias, outright lying and sensationalism.
How do we get peple to change their minds? Evidence of everything I've mentioned in this post is more than around, but that hasn't convinced Republicans/conservatives. For some people groups, acceptance has literally been a decades-long political campaign to be recognized as normal or ok.
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34 more.How do we get people to befriend eachother and be social and tell apart those who genuinely don't want to do this and those who do but don't know how to or don't like to/aren't good at doing it in the ways usually available?
If we choose to let the population decline (see the climate change question), are we fully prepared for the consequences of having a society that will be growing older and older, perhaps indefinitely?
If we choose to not let the population decline and seek to keep birthrates at replacement level, how do we convince people to do so? If we don't/can't and start using things like artificial wombs to have children, who will take care of them? Do we make orphanages socially acceptable/valued and well-funded? Do we turn kindergartens and schools into a 24/7 institution and add in non-study things like housing and video games, and make teachers basically parents, but with many children to take care of?
If electoralism fails, what can we do to still have a voice in the world? Can we do anything?
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Marble League 2020: Aquathlon
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The Balearic Slingers | Units of History
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black screens - trust. (In support of BLM & HK)
3 votes -
Video Summarizer - browser extension that speeds up video depending on whether is there person talking or not
7 votes -
Dan Bern - Jerusalem (1997)
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Protostar - Without You (ft. Megan Lenius) (2020)
5 votes -
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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Marble League 2020: High Jump
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Semi-random walk through my Zamrock collection
5 votes -
The unbearable now: An interpretation of The Witness (spoiler-heavy)
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The Pathless | Gameplay walkthrough
4 votes -
Why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself?
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The world of Kaiserreich: Exploring the lore of an alternate World War I
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Innovative AI physical motion capture and dynamic regeneration algorithm
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Braid, Anniversary Edition - Entire game re-painted in more detail, upgraded sound and music, with extensive developer commentary. Coming in early 2021.
11 votes -
Marble League 2020: Relay Run
6 votes -
The Witness - A great game that you shouldn't play
17 votes -
A Short Vision (1956)
4 votes -
The final years of Majuro
5 votes -
Time killers: The strange history of wrist gaming
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Leaked police bodycam video shows new details of George Floyd's fatal arrest
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Axios: President Trump exclusive interview (full episode)
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OVERWERK - Canon (2015)
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Zombie creates devastating animation for Moby’s My Only Love
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
17 votes -
Beyoncé - Crazy in love (Instrumental) (2011)
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John Boyne accidentally includes Zelda video game monsters in novel
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Replacing YouTube & Invidious
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Koffee - Lockdown (2020)
6 votes -
Marble League 2020: Funnel
7 votes -
Skate Warrior 1992, 1999, 2020
6 votes -
The Last of Us Part 2 review
4 votes -
There's something about Casey
3 votes -
Alanis Morissette: Ablaze (TV Debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) (2020)
4 votes -
What have we learned about KSP 2 with the "Show and Tell" trailer?
4 votes -
The fall of Netflix (Lack of comfort food TV)
9 votes -
Marble League 2020: 5M Sprint
4 votes -
Ratchet and Clank all 4 one OST; Friendship through Firepower
4 votes -
Reconstructing ballroom history: Older generations vs. today
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Logic
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Mort Garson - This Is My Beloved (2020)
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Is religion a flawed play-style for humans and if so, why did it arise in the first place? (Feat. TierZoo)
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Facebook showed this ad to 95% women. Is that a problem?
15 votes -
Microsoft Flight Simulator PC hands-on: A generational leap in graphical realism
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What are the most iconic video game sound effects you can think of?
I heard someone with the Sonic "ring loss" chime as their text message alert today and it instantly brought a smile to my face. Just wondered what other sound effects would be most nostalgic for...
I heard someone with the Sonic "ring loss" chime as their text message alert today and it instantly brought a smile to my face. Just wondered what other sound effects would be most nostalgic for you if you were to hear it in a similar situation, as there are many games/franchises/systems I have little to no experience with.
19 votes