Cue the Microsoft apologists...
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Do you not notice what’s been happening to it at an accelerated pace over the last 30 years?
I’m not arguing for bitcoin either way. But I implore you to take a hard look at your definition of real value in a system with inherent inflation that forces you to speculate in order to preserve any “real value.”
In place of Mail: Tutanota In place of iMessage: Signal And so on…
But it’s all fine because obesity is as American as apple pie.
And before you call BS here’s the data: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm
I mean really, “Further I think products like this are actually unethical”? Did you really just jump to the defence of a near 2 trillion dollar company whose business model overtly threatens some of our most fundamental human rights?
This is important to understand because, speaking for myself, my emotional motivation to please people stems from my primary desire to avoid emotional tension.
In understanding that even by sacrificing my own desire I’m in no way guaranteeing that outcome was a game changer for me. Furthermore, avoiding these negative emotions can make things worse or generate more of the emotion I was trying to avoid, in the long run.
The problem is that everyone has become complicit in this euphoria because no one wants to stop the party when everyone's making money.
Notwithstanding, parties eventually end and bubbles do pop. The next question is: when?
The fact that so many people like yourself accept these moral failings as the new normal is honestly mind blowing.
It’s like we’ve completely forgotten the iniquity of a conflict of interest...