Some of us grew up with childhood friends who cleaned the meat plants at night. A practice that continues to this day. You can always tell - they stink of bleach in the morning.
> maybe stop cutting funding for public education and start allowing more diverse perspectives?
I agree with you on that one! I am unsure about your "English academy" comment (kinda hard to read in languages you don't understand :P) but as for non-white authors, I would recommend Kahlil Gibran ("The Prophet") and (most of) Rumi's poetry.
i appreciate the recommendations - i'm well aware of both Gibran and Rumi (my middle name comes from one of his poems). however, i'm not the one who needs to hear this.
the people that need to hear these recommendations are the same ones on 4chan who are lamenting the death of great literature in academia - we've already been dealing with these issues with respect to representation and diversity of thought, welcome to the fight!
It's funny, man. I was on 4chan and reading Dostoyevsky waaaay back in 2008. Really wish we had a /lit/ back then :(
Edit: In case any newfriends are listening, I would also like to suggest the books of Philip K. Dick, including but not limited to A Scanner Darkly, Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Ubik, and the VALIS trilogy.
> If you tell the world that eggs are awesome while denying other countries access to eggs, they discover ways to use less eggs
You are confusing cause with effect. What actually happened: Nixon opened up US trade with China and, ever since, China has been stealing trade secrets to undermine and overthrow American interests. Limiting their access to eggs was literally us trying to prevent them from stealing all our shit!
Protip: Some of us were not involved in the desecration caused by the East India Tea Company. Just because we look British means we should suffer like them, too?
I am just saying, this AI controversy has roots from before the creation of OpenAI. If OpenAI used European IP, I would think that would be a good thing for Europe, assuming AI is the future?
What’s also funny is that the promoters of the “China is stealing all of our IP in exchange for their labor” folks never mention why corporations don’t just pull out?
Are these IP thefts or technology transfers? If corporations are having their IP stolen, why don’t they just leave?
These narratives never explain or mention this. Idk why people still latch onto them, they are completely uninteresting “China is stealing all our IP and there’s nothing we can do about it except for continuing to allow our IP to be stolen” is an IQ test and trope.
Does “theft of IP” outweigh, or not, “access to very cheap labor (read: jobs)” ?
We need to stop simping for corporations and start thinking critically about these things.
Perhaps this turn is for the best? It is only the past few years that I myself have stopped worrying about these things, so maybe instead of a U shape, we will have a negatively sloped line?
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