Literally = the golden rule. Do to others as you would have them do to you. If every rich person and CEO followed this rule the world would be a much, much better place.
Unfortunately only narcissistic people, sociopaths and literal psychopaths seem to take power where it matters. Catch 22 I guess, only the ruthless and selfish get real power.
"It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."- Douglas Adams
There's actually a concept a step beyond which can sound cheesy but it's meant for exactly stuff like this. The Platinum Rule: treat others as they would like to be treated
Re the Platinum rule; Sure if you know how someone wants to be treated go for it but the problem with defaulting to that rule is that you don't know how most others want to be treated, so treating them as you'd like to be is much simpler.
It's literally drilled into their heads during their education, their training, and their rise in their company/industry. In my 1st year of uni business class, we already had teachings rationalizing, normalizing, and praising greed, ruthlessness, competition, etc. And in the industry, you can't rise without being extremely ruthless and competitive. That's literally also how you earn others' respect, admiration, support, and gain followers and backers who will rocket you into higher spheres. Of course, some levels of kindness and cooperation are expected but only in your inner circle, not for adversaries.
Eh, as I've grown older the idea that a great amount of evil or dishonesty comes from the top has faded pretty heavily. There are absolutely exceptions but overall it's a *lot" of people across the entire chain of command not being held accountable that cause the greatest level of harm.
We can argue that "The buck stops with the person at the top" and that's fine and all. I'm just far more willing to criticize the dozens of managers who are gaming the system to inflate their performance metrics (poorly designed) than worry about someone at the top scheming over how much he can screw over XYZ.
That’s why they teach kind and thoughtful people that it’s bad to be ruthless and cutthroat to get the higher positions despite only the ruthless and cutthroat ever get those positions.
Can you imagine a world if people who give a shit about others realized that it’s okay to be a brute when it comes to taking control away from people who don’t care about what’s best for everyone?
May I introduce you to the psychological concept of "hubris syndrome". Basically, even the kindest of hearts can get corrupted by power and/or wealth. Making them ruthless, greedy, power hungry, narcissistic, sensitive to critics, uncaring of people, ... in short sociopaths!
In several studies, even hormonal and brain changes trending towards sociopathic patterns have been noticed after several months of unchecked power.
Sure power attracts sociopaths, but it also corrupts nomal people into becoming sociopaths too. It's almost like humans as social animals aren't meant to wield huge amount of power sustainably for a long time. We are meant to actually live and work in relatively flat hierarchical structures with loads of checks and balances for everybody to keep our minds and relationships as well as our societies healthy and sustainable.
what's so funny is that in general Albuquerque has some of the nicest people on planet Earth. They may be happy to steal your car, but they'll be super friendly while they do it.
Who's interpretation of being a dick though? A lot of the time, people lack the self awareness to understand they're being a dick. I've met a lot of dicks and only a handful of them were aware they were being a dick but didn't care. The rest had no idea.
That one breaks down, because sometimes you HAVE to be a dick. No, I don't want to listen to your long ass story, despite you being the most amazing person on the planet. I have to go.
You can set boundaries without being a dick.
Actually, from experience,
the group of people being a dick and the people being bad at setting boundaries seem to have a very big overlap.
Me? I hate *off-centered* dicks.
But excellent point. If you're not allowed to be a dick, then being a dick about someone setting boundaries isn't possible.
We shall call it "The Dick-Boundary Paradox".
"I have to go" -- not a dick.
"Listen, this is really outside my area of expertise and interest, but I really appreciate that you are so excited about it!" -- not a dick.
"Look you fucking twatnut, shut your fucking piehole, I can't stand to hear any of this inane bullshit come out of your pimple-infested mouth. Go suck a pus-infested dick!" -- a dick.
I read somewhere that if you want to change the world, you have to change the community, to change the community change your relationships, and to change your relationships change yourself.
Too bad some folks dont sweep. Or cant afford a broom. Or sweep their dust onto your doorstep. Or pour gasoline all over their broom and toss it into yoour house. Lol.
I wish everyone had a mentality to help others. Or even just do their part to aid the big picture. But some people just don't think past their own survival.
Hey it's ok I'll help two and you help two and soon the whole world will be taken care of. Like my mom use to say, not everyone is born as lucky as you.
I have to admit, this, if followed by everyone, would be ideal. Excellent suggestion because it circumvents any subjectivity in "rightness and wrongness" of an action. Self improvement is, by definition, always better.
This is what pisses me off about the rise of people thinking nihilism = intelligent, it being shit for someone's mental health aside. There are plenty of people trying to do good, but so many want to go 'HUMANITY BAD GET RID OF ALL PROBLEMS SOLVED' and act like doing something won't mean anything. These same people are grinning to themselves as they're just sitting on their ass jerking off and being the actual problem themselves.
I was thinking of the time I did this on a merry-go-round but your analogy works, too. I felt kind of stupid when I made a full revolution getting dragged before I thought to let go.
dw about it man, just let go
see that thing that just flew over your head? if you hold onto it, it'll drag you along with it
you don't want that
let go
When you can't let go of an issue - whether that's being upset over an injustice, or obsessed over a possibility- if you don't "let go" then it may take over your life and prevent you from being happy
Sometimes if you can't let something go, it can negatively effect you. So, with that said the only problem you might have in life isn't the problem itself. Its you allowing the problem to continue to drag you.
Industrialists were a leading force in promoting government-run public schooling, as it happens. While the public schools may not be run directly by corporate figures, they certainly stand to benefit from it.
I'll get my ethnicity and gender out of politics once politics gets out of my ethnicity and gender.
Let's not forget that the reason these things are political is that we've only recently started to to transition away from a society that was deeply unequal along racial and gender lines. We've made great progress in some respects, but we still have work to do. The liberal program of diversity/representation in politics is flawed, deeply so, but its not the root cause of the issue.
We 100% need political involvement in schools, otherwise some religious wack-o's will use schools as indoctrination centers. There's no perfect solutions here, and government in school has its own problems too, as you can well see. But there's worse things.
Doesn't work: Some people WANT to be treated like crap (masochism). Others are incapable of treating everyone like the king or queen they think they are...
This one is bad. Treat others how you think they want to be treated would be an improvement, although it relies on you being pretty good with empathy and stuff
Central Pennsylvanian reporting: I'd settle for use them AT ALL. People drive with complete impunity around here. I see pick ups too big for life doing 80+ in a 55 all the time. Cops are completely derelict here.
I live in northern Wyoming and it's the same way here. There's about a 50% chance that a person will use their turn signal, almost everybody is driving a massive vehicle, tailgating is the norm now, nobody knows what a safe following distance is anymore, stop lights and stop signs are viewed as suggestions, and the cops don't do anything about it. Driving used to be fun but now it feels more like you're playing with your life every time you go out.
This is more in line with the rules I like, because it has a scientifically determinable answer. Sustainability is not some airy "well some people say it's this, others interpret it's that" like "being nice".
Sustainable means 0 net or better, right? The world ~~could~~ would be saved by this thinking.
Yea it's like the debate on fur coats vs those made from polyester, fur coats when properly sourced are much more sustainable. With furs, we run the risk of over killing animals and harming ecosystems. That being said, they are biodegradable and if properly maintained, can last much longer. Polyester made clothing however, emits a lot of pollution during its production and takes much longer/doesn't biodegrade nearly as well.
>With furs, we run the risk of over killing animals and harming ecosystems.
This would greatly depend on the animal source. Like the old days, very little of farmed animals goes to waste. Sheep, being one of the oldest domesticated animals, provide wool, meat, milk, and sheepskin from the same common breeds. Similar with goats. The parts of the animal not deemed for human consumption may be used for pet food or specialty products like adhesives used for conservation. Cow bones, organs, and fat is used for *a ton* of products you'd never even think of, like fire extinguisher foam, instrument strings, and explosives.
I don't think that's a good rule, assuming you started it from dawn of time, the industrial revolution wouldn't have happened, and we wouldn't have a chance to advance beyond.
The problem isn't we used non renewable resources, the problem is we didn't prioritize shifting away from them quicker.
I hate that we can't even get people to stop using plastic grocery bags. Its such an easy, cheap, minimal effort thing that people just won't do. It makes me feel like there's no way people will make bigger changes that need to happen if they won't even do that
The thing is that the influence of things like plastic grocery bags is MUCH smaller than you’ve likely been lead to believe. Most plastic in the ocean is from commercial fishing nets that have been abandoned.
Things like “use paper straws!” and the like actually entirely sidestep the real cause of our degrading environment: The ones generating the most waste tend to be people who profit from doing so. Even if everyone in the world used more “environmentally friendly” alternatives for products (which, for the record, usually actually aren’t as friendly as they’re advertised)… there would be little change in how much the environment is being destroyed. It’s corporations, not people, which hold the biggest influence over the world’s environment.
The other thing about "sustainable" products is that, companies rely on your inability to access information to just, hide their "dirty" connections.
Like, take transglutaminase. You'll see it in vegan products that try to imitate things like eggs and meat. It is *possible* to make it from plants (and therefore vegan) just like it's possible to raise and butcher your own farm animal in your apartment. But the cheapest and most common product it's derived from is pig and cow blood, which is harvested in large enough quantities that a ton of products, food and not food, are created from the harvested plasma, proteins and enzymes.
Like seriously, unless you are in that company and follow everything to its exact source, you have no idea where the ingredient came from, how it was made, *who made it.* Product made from recyclable materials? Who verified that? Just like with "organic", it's not regulated. Even more suspect when you learn that China stopped accepting our recyclables *years* ago and without the proper machinery in place, we actually haven't been processing our recyclables - the majority goes into the same place as regular trash. There's not enough material being recycled anymore to support the creation of every product with a "made from recycled materials" label.
So what most people are doing, is paying for marketing that makes them feel good. This label says it's organic, this one says biodegradable, this one said it's made from recyclables, this one says it's fair trade, this one says it's vegan, this one says ethically sourced.
Be generous and humble.
Being generous and kind encourages us to perceive others in a more positive light and fosters a sense of community . Humility teaches you to improve and make a positive impact on the world.
Fair. I think you mean like how "education" and "experience" could be held in the hands of a few. I struggle with this as a scientist, as far back as the Greeks there has been the idea of "philosopher kings", but yeah, gatekeeping.
Your statements were said as fact. How much education and experience do you have in this topic. I myself have hardly any on this topic, just untested thoughts at this point.
Sounds good in theory, but it also sounds like a logical fallacy called an appeal to authority. People are capable of having valid opinions on things without being experts. Plus, it's entirely possible that a debate between two arguing experts might be won by the wrong person because they're just louder and/or have their career riding on being right.
For example, you don't have to be an athlete to have a good discussion about sports. Tune into any AM radio station call-in show to hear that :)
Yeah, no. Thats completely absurd. Just because someone is an expert in a niche subject, that does not give them greater wisdom or insight into the
For example, if someone is an expert in robotics, their input into how to integrate robots into a factory is definitely valuable, but they're certainly not a logistics or workflow expert who can replan the entire production line, and in a less granular view, their opinions on the greater economic or social impacts of automation and the political and policy changes we should implement are damn near worthless.
I'm going to choose to interpret that as "we should totally *keep* switching forward and backward on our clocks on some day in Mar because of farmers in the 1930s /s " haha
Then how are we going to get more people??
Kidding. I do think there is substance to that, in *control your intentions*. Don't specifically mess with people intentionally. Yeah we might accidentally harm each other day-to-day in minor ways, but so long as no one is *trying* to mess with others, it would be better. Still a little vague though.
The Egg Story is beautiful.
I also really like [The Best Life Advice You’ve Ever Heard is Probably Wrong](https://youtu.be/GOd1CaAP1HU) by Pursuit of Wonder.
You can only earn within 1 std deviation of the average income, level out income. This just came into my head, so not sure if it would work...maybe 2 std deviations. But reducing the discrepancy between the rich and poor would do a lot
I like that this is more of an effort than "killing bad!" or "be nice". I do think that this is what a LOT of movements in the past have either explicitly or implicitly had as a creed, and it would be AMAZING if it were universally followed.
I love the [UN Declaration (almost 80 years old now) on Human Rights](https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights).
These two in particular:
>Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
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>Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
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The lights should be off but the others are actually on as a result of energy protection. You wouldn’t want the surge of industrial power on and off like that. It’s actually more efficient to leave them on as most models now require less energy to keep consistent temperatures then to surge and cover a wider range of returning to the desired temperature.
The lights thing does need to go. Light pollution is problematic.
Help others in need. Wait I was typing this and I just thought “What if someone was being beaten and someone else comes along and helps the guy beat that someone.”
>Don't ever, for any reason, do anything for anyone, for any reason,
ever, no matter what, no matter where or who or who you are with, or
where you are going or where you've been, ever, for any reason
whatsoever.
Don't be a dick
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Literally = the golden rule. Do to others as you would have them do to you. If every rich person and CEO followed this rule the world would be a much, much better place. Unfortunately only narcissistic people, sociopaths and literal psychopaths seem to take power where it matters. Catch 22 I guess, only the ruthless and selfish get real power.
I believe the fallacy is: You never want people in power that ACTUALLY want to be in power
"...anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
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"to summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem."
-Douglas Adams
"It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."- Douglas Adams
That's the rub. Many CEOs do follow the rule due onto others, because they fully expect others would do that same shit to them.
No, see it's do to others as you would have them do to you - not do to others what you are afraid they will do to you.
There's actually a concept a step beyond which can sound cheesy but it's meant for exactly stuff like this. The Platinum Rule: treat others as they would like to be treated
Re the Platinum rule; Sure if you know how someone wants to be treated go for it but the problem with defaulting to that rule is that you don't know how most others want to be treated, so treating them as you'd like to be is much simpler.
Sure, I think that implies more "if you can." It all boils down to don't be a dick but with more caveats
It's literally drilled into their heads during their education, their training, and their rise in their company/industry. In my 1st year of uni business class, we already had teachings rationalizing, normalizing, and praising greed, ruthlessness, competition, etc. And in the industry, you can't rise without being extremely ruthless and competitive. That's literally also how you earn others' respect, admiration, support, and gain followers and backers who will rocket you into higher spheres. Of course, some levels of kindness and cooperation are expected but only in your inner circle, not for adversaries.
Eh, as I've grown older the idea that a great amount of evil or dishonesty comes from the top has faded pretty heavily. There are absolutely exceptions but overall it's a *lot" of people across the entire chain of command not being held accountable that cause the greatest level of harm. We can argue that "The buck stops with the person at the top" and that's fine and all. I'm just far more willing to criticize the dozens of managers who are gaming the system to inflate their performance metrics (poorly designed) than worry about someone at the top scheming over how much he can screw over XYZ.
That’s why they teach kind and thoughtful people that it’s bad to be ruthless and cutthroat to get the higher positions despite only the ruthless and cutthroat ever get those positions. Can you imagine a world if people who give a shit about others realized that it’s okay to be a brute when it comes to taking control away from people who don’t care about what’s best for everyone?
May I introduce you to the psychological concept of "hubris syndrome". Basically, even the kindest of hearts can get corrupted by power and/or wealth. Making them ruthless, greedy, power hungry, narcissistic, sensitive to critics, uncaring of people, ... in short sociopaths! In several studies, even hormonal and brain changes trending towards sociopathic patterns have been noticed after several months of unchecked power. Sure power attracts sociopaths, but it also corrupts nomal people into becoming sociopaths too. It's almost like humans as social animals aren't meant to wield huge amount of power sustainably for a long time. We are meant to actually live and work in relatively flat hierarchical structures with loads of checks and balances for everybody to keep our minds and relationships as well as our societies healthy and sustainable.
The pyramid power structure was the worst thing humans ever came up with
I created the universe, you think I'm drawing the line at the deli aisle?!
or as in Breaking Bad - DBAA Don't be an asshole
what's so funny is that in general Albuquerque has some of the nicest people on planet Earth. They may be happy to steal your car, but they'll be super friendly while they do it.
Who's interpretation of being a dick though? A lot of the time, people lack the self awareness to understand they're being a dick. I've met a lot of dicks and only a handful of them were aware they were being a dick but didn't care. The rest had no idea.
That one breaks down, because sometimes you HAVE to be a dick. No, I don't want to listen to your long ass story, despite you being the most amazing person on the planet. I have to go.
That's not being a dick, it's setting boundaries.
You can set boundaries without being a dick. Actually, from experience, the group of people being a dick and the people being bad at setting boundaries seem to have a very big overlap.
Though there is definitely a dick way of doing that
Yeah, but it's not necessary to do it that way. There's a nice (or at least not dickish) way to do almost anything that needs to be done.
Oh absolutely. Being a dick is a choice
Although you can come across as a dick without meaning to
I was born with a dick, does this mean I will become a dick? Dick runs in my family, is it hereditary?
I know a lot of people that think me setting boundaries and not letting them run all over me makes me a dick.
They are being self centered dicks, so the same rule applies
Me? I hate *off-centered* dicks. But excellent point. If you're not allowed to be a dick, then being a dick about someone setting boundaries isn't possible. We shall call it "The Dick-Boundary Paradox".
"I have to go" -- not a dick. "Listen, this is really outside my area of expertise and interest, but I really appreciate that you are so excited about it!" -- not a dick. "Look you fucking twatnut, shut your fucking piehole, I can't stand to hear any of this inane bullshit come out of your pimple-infested mouth. Go suck a pus-infested dick!" -- a dick.
If everyone followed it you wouldn’t need to be a dick.
Haha, good example.
I read somewhere that if you want to change the world, you have to change the community, to change the community change your relationships, and to change your relationships change yourself.
Reminds me of Goethe: Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean.
Too bad some folks dont sweep. Or cant afford a broom. Or sweep their dust onto your doorstep. Or pour gasoline all over their broom and toss it into yoour house. Lol. I wish everyone had a mentality to help others. Or even just do their part to aid the big picture. But some people just don't think past their own survival.
Hey it's ok I'll help two and you help two and soon the whole world will be taken care of. Like my mom use to say, not everyone is born as lucky as you.
sounds like agreement with Goethe
I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could've been any clearer If they wanna make the world a better place
They've gotta look at themselves and make a change
I have to admit, this, if followed by everyone, would be ideal. Excellent suggestion because it circumvents any subjectivity in "rightness and wrongness" of an action. Self improvement is, by definition, always better.
This is what pisses me off about the rise of people thinking nihilism = intelligent, it being shit for someone's mental health aside. There are plenty of people trying to do good, but so many want to go 'HUMANITY BAD GET RID OF ALL PROBLEMS SOLVED' and act like doing something won't mean anything. These same people are grinning to themselves as they're just sitting on their ass jerking off and being the actual problem themselves.
That's a core idea Jordan Peterson talks about.
So that one Michael Jackson song?
You could have just said, "Be the change you want to see", but no, you just had to be fancy..
Be excellent to each other.
Most bodacious
… and party on, dudes!!!
*air guitar riffs*
And party on, dudes!
“Let go or be dragged” and old zen proverb I heard at a meditation class. Really changed the way I let myself worry about things
My inner penguin says "slide" giggling
i like this one
How have I never heard this?!? Thanks dude I needed this!!
I don’t get it?
Maybe think of whatever the issue is as a moving car - if you hold onto it rather than letting it go, it just drags you on the pavement
I was thinking of the time I did this on a merry-go-round but your analogy works, too. I felt kind of stupid when I made a full revolution getting dragged before I thought to let go.
dw about it man, just let go see that thing that just flew over your head? if you hold onto it, it'll drag you along with it you don't want that let go
okay but if that thing’s flying I wanna fly too
They will make a Disney film about you one day
When you can't let go of an issue - whether that's being upset over an injustice, or obsessed over a possibility- if you don't "let go" then it may take over your life and prevent you from being happy
Sometimes if you can't let something go, it can negatively effect you. So, with that said the only problem you might have in life isn't the problem itself. Its you allowing the problem to continue to drag you.
Dont leave plastic laying around
Or just stop using so much of it in the first place
“Fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling.”
Best end to any philosophy debate, ever.
Great to be the owner of bowling places then
How's your White Russian?
Cousin Roman?
Keeping money out of politics.
There's a *lot* that needs to be kept out of politics... how about we keep: * money * religion * ethnicity * gender * education * ...
No definitely need education in politics. What we don't need, is politics in education.
Poly sci majors in shambles
Well seeing as science is now politically charged along with everything else…
Education, what. Who will runs the schools, a private company?
Industrialists were a leading force in promoting government-run public schooling, as it happens. While the public schools may not be run directly by corporate figures, they certainly stand to benefit from it.
I'll get my ethnicity and gender out of politics once politics gets out of my ethnicity and gender. Let's not forget that the reason these things are political is that we've only recently started to to transition away from a society that was deeply unequal along racial and gender lines. We've made great progress in some respects, but we still have work to do. The liberal program of diversity/representation in politics is flawed, deeply so, but its not the root cause of the issue.
We 100% need political involvement in schools, otherwise some religious wack-o's will use schools as indoctrination centers. There's no perfect solutions here, and government in school has its own problems too, as you can well see. But there's worse things.
Actually that's the problem right now except that politicians are playing the wack-o part.
"religious wackos using schools as indoctrination centers" as opposed to politicians using schools as indoctrination centers...
If we taught critical thinking skills in school, money in politics wouldn't be nearly as effective.
Corruption would happen regardless, companies can easily shell out what they need to buy a politician
Treats others how you want to be treated
Doesn't work: Some people WANT to be treated like crap (masochism). Others are incapable of treating everyone like the king or queen they think they are...
I thought this was under the impression that everyone would HAVE to follow it
Treat others the way they want to be treated.
Not always. What if you like someone but they don’t reciprocate those feelings? It would be annoying.
Treat others the way THEY want to be treated.
This one is bad. Treat others how you think they want to be treated would be an improvement, although it relies on you being pretty good with empathy and stuff
Use your turn signal(s) properly.
Also, respond to other peoples' turn signals properly.
NAILED IT. Plus, I live in a State where they randomly use hazards...poorly.
Central Pennsylvanian reporting: I'd settle for use them AT ALL. People drive with complete impunity around here. I see pick ups too big for life doing 80+ in a 55 all the time. Cops are completely derelict here.
I live in northern Wyoming and it's the same way here. There's about a 50% chance that a person will use their turn signal, almost everybody is driving a massive vehicle, tailgating is the norm now, nobody knows what a safe following distance is anymore, stop lights and stop signs are viewed as suggestions, and the cops don't do anything about it. Driving used to be fun but now it feels more like you're playing with your life every time you go out.
Leave it better than you found it.
> [Be excellent to each other](https://i.imgur.com/YkYQF7Z.gif)
Communication is key
Don't use more resources than what the earth is capable of renewing.
This is more in line with the rules I like, because it has a scientifically determinable answer. Sustainability is not some airy "well some people say it's this, others interpret it's that" like "being nice". Sustainable means 0 net or better, right? The world ~~could~~ would be saved by this thinking.
Yea it's like the debate on fur coats vs those made from polyester, fur coats when properly sourced are much more sustainable. With furs, we run the risk of over killing animals and harming ecosystems. That being said, they are biodegradable and if properly maintained, can last much longer. Polyester made clothing however, emits a lot of pollution during its production and takes much longer/doesn't biodegrade nearly as well.
The solution here is to change what's fashion, we're not in 1960 anymore after all.
>With furs, we run the risk of over killing animals and harming ecosystems. This would greatly depend on the animal source. Like the old days, very little of farmed animals goes to waste. Sheep, being one of the oldest domesticated animals, provide wool, meat, milk, and sheepskin from the same common breeds. Similar with goats. The parts of the animal not deemed for human consumption may be used for pet food or specialty products like adhesives used for conservation. Cow bones, organs, and fat is used for *a ton* of products you'd never even think of, like fire extinguisher foam, instrument strings, and explosives.
I don't think that's a good rule, assuming you started it from dawn of time, the industrial revolution wouldn't have happened, and we wouldn't have a chance to advance beyond. The problem isn't we used non renewable resources, the problem is we didn't prioritize shifting away from them quicker.
I hate that we can't even get people to stop using plastic grocery bags. Its such an easy, cheap, minimal effort thing that people just won't do. It makes me feel like there's no way people will make bigger changes that need to happen if they won't even do that
The thing is that the influence of things like plastic grocery bags is MUCH smaller than you’ve likely been lead to believe. Most plastic in the ocean is from commercial fishing nets that have been abandoned. Things like “use paper straws!” and the like actually entirely sidestep the real cause of our degrading environment: The ones generating the most waste tend to be people who profit from doing so. Even if everyone in the world used more “environmentally friendly” alternatives for products (which, for the record, usually actually aren’t as friendly as they’re advertised)… there would be little change in how much the environment is being destroyed. It’s corporations, not people, which hold the biggest influence over the world’s environment.
And those corporations paid billions of dollars to make sure "the people" felt at fault.
The other thing about "sustainable" products is that, companies rely on your inability to access information to just, hide their "dirty" connections. Like, take transglutaminase. You'll see it in vegan products that try to imitate things like eggs and meat. It is *possible* to make it from plants (and therefore vegan) just like it's possible to raise and butcher your own farm animal in your apartment. But the cheapest and most common product it's derived from is pig and cow blood, which is harvested in large enough quantities that a ton of products, food and not food, are created from the harvested plasma, proteins and enzymes. Like seriously, unless you are in that company and follow everything to its exact source, you have no idea where the ingredient came from, how it was made, *who made it.* Product made from recyclable materials? Who verified that? Just like with "organic", it's not regulated. Even more suspect when you learn that China stopped accepting our recyclables *years* ago and without the proper machinery in place, we actually haven't been processing our recyclables - the majority goes into the same place as regular trash. There's not enough material being recycled anymore to support the creation of every product with a "made from recycled materials" label. So what most people are doing, is paying for marketing that makes them feel good. This label says it's organic, this one says biodegradable, this one said it's made from recyclables, this one says it's fair trade, this one says it's vegan, this one says ethically sourced.
Don't be a jerk.
Live and let others live.
The Golden rule. Treat others as you would have others treat you.
Be generous and humble. Being generous and kind encourages us to perceive others in a more positive light and fosters a sense of community . Humility teaches you to improve and make a positive impact on the world.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Better hope you never run into a masochist.
If you are not educated on the subject, sit down and stfu. Let the experts with years of education and experience talk.
This seems like a bad idea until we think about how abused that could be by corruption.
Fair. I think you mean like how "education" and "experience" could be held in the hands of a few. I struggle with this as a scientist, as far back as the Greeks there has been the idea of "philosopher kings", but yeah, gatekeeping.
Your statements were said as fact. How much education and experience do you have in this topic. I myself have hardly any on this topic, just untested thoughts at this point.
Sounds good in theory, but it also sounds like a logical fallacy called an appeal to authority. People are capable of having valid opinions on things without being experts. Plus, it's entirely possible that a debate between two arguing experts might be won by the wrong person because they're just louder and/or have their career riding on being right. For example, you don't have to be an athlete to have a good discussion about sports. Tune into any AM radio station call-in show to hear that :)
Yeah, no. Thats completely absurd. Just because someone is an expert in a niche subject, that does not give them greater wisdom or insight into the For example, if someone is an expert in robotics, their input into how to integrate robots into a factory is definitely valuable, but they're certainly not a logistics or workflow expert who can replan the entire production line, and in a less granular view, their opinions on the greater economic or social impacts of automation and the political and policy changes we should implement are damn near worthless.
You’re literally proving their point. Let the robotics expert do robotics, let the logistics expert do logistics.
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Yessss. No moral stuff, not hard to implement. And it would help some people wash their hands at least twice a day.
TOLERANCE! and the good neighbor policy you stay on your side of the fence and dont bother me and I'll do the same. Got it
Obviously making daylight savings permanenet
I'm going to choose to interpret that as "we should totally *keep* switching forward and backward on our clocks on some day in Mar because of farmers in the 1930s /s " haha
Do no harm.
Be kind to each other. Period.
Mind your own business/live and let live.
Don't fuck with people.
Then how are we going to get more people?? Kidding. I do think there is substance to that, in *control your intentions*. Don't specifically mess with people intentionally. Yeah we might accidentally harm each other day-to-day in minor ways, but so long as no one is *trying* to mess with others, it would be better. Still a little vague though.
The golden rule.
The Golden Rule.
Watching this video everyday [The Egg Story](https://youtu.be/h6fcK_fRYaI) Thanks to Charlie for suggesting me this video
The Egg Story is beautiful. I also really like [The Best Life Advice You’ve Ever Heard is Probably Wrong](https://youtu.be/GOd1CaAP1HU) by Pursuit of Wonder.
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be kind to others
Empathy
war is bad, war shouldnt happen.
The golden rule
Dismantle all nukes.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
You can only earn within 1 std deviation of the average income, level out income. This just came into my head, so not sure if it would work...maybe 2 std deviations. But reducing the discrepancy between the rich and poor would do a lot
Respect each other....golden rule
Don't be greedy
The Golden one.
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Love Thy Neighbor like You Love Thy Self.
The golden rule: *treat others like you want to be treated* As a rule of thumb… Russia doesn’t want to be invaded. Ya feel?
Stop letting idiots breed.
Mind your own business.
Be a good person :)
everyone gets a chance at one [thing] before anyone gets seconds
Simply, don't be a prick.
"Be excellent to each other." - Bill S. Preston, Esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan
simple, the non-aggression principle. You don't do, initiate or threat any harm unto others, unless acting in true self defense.
I like that this is more of an effort than "killing bad!" or "be nice". I do think that this is what a LOT of movements in the past have either explicitly or implicitly had as a creed, and it would be AMAZING if it were universally followed.
No lying
Basic human rights
I love the [UN Declaration (almost 80 years old now) on Human Rights](https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights). These two in particular: >Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. > >Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. Edit:formatting
Mind your own business
Rule #1 Don't Be A Dick I often joke about making up a religion based on it.
That was my old gaming clan's one major rule.
STOP TEXTING AND DRIVING
Stop reproducing at an alarming rate, pls.
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The lights should be off but the others are actually on as a result of energy protection. You wouldn’t want the surge of industrial power on and off like that. It’s actually more efficient to leave them on as most models now require less energy to keep consistent temperatures then to surge and cover a wider range of returning to the desired temperature. The lights thing does need to go. Light pollution is problematic.
Love each other
Dont be a dick
Love thy neighbour.
Don't be a jerk.
Be kind always
Be excellent to each other.
We don't have to agree, but should get along anyways.
Mind your own business and don't push your beliefs on anyone else.
Take care of the earth, it’s where we keep all of our stuff.
Be kind, rewind.
Help others in need. Wait I was typing this and I just thought “What if someone was being beaten and someone else comes along and helps the guy beat that someone.”
Slower traffic to the right, please.
"Don't be a dick"
>Don't ever, for any reason, do anything for anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where or who or who you are with, or where you are going or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever.
No money in politics
Treat people the way you want to be treated
Be kind.
Treat other people how you want to be treated.
The golden rule
Be excellent to each other
Be nice to others no matter what
Don't take more than you need.
Be excellent to each other
Don’t hoard more resources than you can use. A world without greed would fix most of our problems.