thinking about the 81 year old man who came into the shop today with a shirt that read "BIKESEXUAL [insert raw skeleton on a motorcycle] I'LL RIDE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING"
popular YouTube channels are great and informative until they make a video about a topic you're informed on and then the house of cards comes crashing down as you realize how utterly wrong they are about most things
Okay, you need to make sure you play this game at some point. Maybe not today or anything, because you’ll need about thirty minutes and a serious willingness to understand how it works, but - it’s so worth it. It’s basically an answer to our occasional frustration - why do assholes always come out on top? - and the beautiful thing about it is that not only does it explain how that happens, but also how we can change it.
“In the short run, the game defines the players. But in the long run, it’s us players who define the game.”
I do kind of think that we're past the point where new technological innovations can actually meaningfully improve life for most people in industrialized countries. Like I think the problem is social organization, not a lack of new gadgets.
nosferatu? non. VOSferatu. c'est pas mon problême
Mud salamander By: Unknown photographer From: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life 1961