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Combining these presents an interesting opportunity to create "future news" (news that is technically fake until it isn't) thereby owning the news cycle by always being first.
Is this how HN honors someone who has passed?
I believe you are referring to this:
“If this sad decline is not addressed then post-Brexit Britain and the next generation will surely pay the price.”
Or, if the issue isn't addressed, from here on out it will be to our detriment.
It doesn't get any clearer than that. Consensus was a step in the right direction. Disrupting the consensus before anything could be accomplished is a step backwards.
Container deposits such as bottles and cans have proven to be effective. It's worth exploring whether expanding the concept to cover materials in general would yield similar benefits. It wouldn't have to cost consumers anything more and it provides an incentive for the consumer to take on more responsibility for material and environmental stewardship.
I tip my hat to the genius of Damien Chazelle. Not for La La Land, it's a horrible movie, but for his decision and ability to make it now. Apparently, he wanted to make La La Land for some time and using his Whiplash leverage now was probably his best chance to get it made. He proved that everyone who told him, "No," was right, but kudos to him for getting it done.
Zuckerberg is clearly talking about community and not governance.
Additionally, throwing around terms like "authoritarianism", "feudal" and "dictator" does nothing to engage Zuckerberg's points, or advance his own agenda. Rather, it simply clouds the conversation with personal assumptions, judgments, attacks, etc.
I'm old enough to remember when Bill Gates was depicted as a villain on a daily basis. This appears to have a similar tone.
Today, I'm not sure we could have a better fiduciary than Bill Gates through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Had he distributed ownership of Microsoft in a way similar to what the author suggests of Facebook the Global Community would have lost out, big league[0].
[0] NB: Trumpism intentional for the sake of humor.
I'm curious because I don't and I don't see any real momentum behind them.
Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act[1] and granting rights for same sex marriage[2] has done more for the LGBT community than any riot, or act of violence, or demand, ever has, or ever will.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathroom_bill [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act#Repeal... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Unite...