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hndirect··on The Delusional Scam of the Self-Help Book Industry
The wording can also help to codify it in your mind. Or offer a shift in perspective, like this:

"Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible for Helping"

hndirect··on Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gaming at night
Why would you have preferred that over Montessori?
hndirect··on Chime has been suddenly closing accounts, not returning customers’ money
It's the "How Do You Do Fellow Kids?" meme come to life.
hndirect··on Google reports soaring attrition among Black women
"Diversity" = Identity based approach to society

"Inclusion" = Restricted speech and justification for purges

"Equity" = Equality of outcomes

hndirect··on Rally, a novel privacy-first data sharing platform
Sorry if this is too off topic, but is there a name for the art style they are using in the illustrations? It seems to be all over corporate sites these days.
hndirect··on Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way to go viral
> Unless social media companies start penalising polarising content and rewarding more constructive posts,

Twitter and Facebook are not shy about having a hand in the conversation. If anything they reward polarizing content, and they've shown interest in censoring wrongthink, but do they have any interest in turning down the temperature?

> these platforms will continue to be swamped by political animosity that risks spilling into real-world turmoil.

It's more than a risk, it's been spilling into real-world turmoil for years.