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productivism
emphasizes the dissemination of productive economic opportunities throughout all regions & all segments of the labor force. Unlike neoliberalism, productivism gives governments & civil society a significant role in achieving that goal

lpeproject.org/blog/whats-beyo

Social housing policies create “housing in the public interest,” defining it as public good, rather than a financial asset. Generally, social housing models strive toward decommodification, social equity, and resident control.

thenation.com/article/society/

researchers described a parasite that greatly lengthens lives of its ant hosts by secreting a rich cocktail of antioxidants and other compounds - the evidence that the observed life spans of organisms have little to do with limitations imposed by genes

quantamagazine.org/ants-live-1

“If there is to be happiness it must come in a voluntary relinquishing of self in exchange for aware participation in the destiny of the total one.”
Philip K. Dick

realitysandwich.com/the-enligh

“we alter it by perceiving it, since we are not outside it. As our views shift, it shifts. In a sense it is not there at all.” Similar to how an image in a dream doesn’t exist separate from the mind of the dreamer,

realitysandwich.com/the-enligh

insiders claim technologies require far better infrastructure than exists - constituent techn of blockchain, crypto, VR and AR aren’t working well by themselves. 2nd, we examine economic effects of bubbles - comparing current tech bubble to past ones

americanaffairsjournal.org/202

The point is not "Republicans in disarray" - as Emily suggests, the real point was "fascists aligned and aggressive."


people.well.com/conf/inkwell.v

economics -
is always -
infused with religion -
the exploration of the mystery -
of value -
and so -
tax-relief -
is meta-for pain-relief -
liminal for -
debt-relief -
a hollow grift -
behind a promise of -
redemption -

Human beings do not have ‘natural habitat’ any more than natural diet - no natural-historical truths about number of children human beings have -how parental duties are divided -role extended family plays in child-rearing or sex preference ...

aeon.co/essays/education-shoul

a 19-year-old Harvard undergrad named Mark Zuckerberg had an idea: he’d create a website for Harvard students to nonconsensually rate the fuckability of their classmates. He called it Facemash.

doctorow.medium.com/metaverse-

does the speaker -
of the house -
get a special -
pension -
of something ? -

modeling the model -
if [place-holder logo] promise -
is to -
that is what [place-holder logo] -
has to learn to do -
it is the learning -
that's the product -
the deliverable -
if it's not -
then it's just -
another marketing -
scheme -

You thought the first page of Google was bunk before? You haven't seen Google where SEO optimizer bros pump out billions of perfectly coherent but predictably dull informational articles for every longtail keyword combination under the sun

maggieappleton.com/ai-dark-for

in melo-
drama -
everyone is performing -
for you -
and the room -
our-life-on-screen -
the cameras -
see you -
as the main character -

Every time we want to hire a Harvard-educated medieval art historian, the GPAs just keep going up!:

thenib.com/making-the-grades/

Do we all -
want to be -
and feel -
credit worthy -
credit-able -
without having -
to feel -
a guilt -
of owing -
anything to anyone -
would we all -
believe this would -
make us feel free -
would it make -
for a good society? -

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john verdon

CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.