Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:36:53 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <0dbba43d-9705-fff6-2838-36f3f0fb5bc9@example.net> References: <2ItTO.338744$v8v2.95701@fx18.iad> <1190130485.752353610.782141.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <3091c6e2-ec4b-a505-a256-0fccf2c07135@example.net> <4N7WO.487479$WOde.450158@fx09.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="959821"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: <4N7WO.487479$WOde.450158@fx09.iad> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228592 comp.os.linux.misc:60560 On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2024-11-04, D wrote: > >> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 04/11/2024 09:15, D wrote: >>> >>>> I think we also need some good progress in psychology around what motivates >>>> people, what gives them meaning, and happiness. >>> >>> Well we had a solution to that. Religion. >>> >>> Now that is gone and the great unwashed are turning to Islam. >>> It gives their crappy lives purpose and a nobility that it doesn't deserve. >>> Same as Marxism. >> >> My bet is more on Brave New World in the form os positive psychology and >> "nudging"-research when it comes to the new religion of "science" in the >> west and how the government can "nudge" the common man to be cute and >> friendly. > > s/friendly/compliant/ Sorry, yes, that's a better word. ;)