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Hell, Facebook even wants to issue their own sovereign currency so that they can track every cent of every purchase you make globally. To become a shadow bank that integrates purchasing data with behavioural data, to finally complete their user manipulation loop. (10/)
Stephen, Why Are You So...
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So Princeton, by declining to investigate and punish speech that the university’s president himself regards as offensive and even irresponsible, passed the test. The university has honored—and thereby reaffirmed—its commitment to free speech and robust discussion.
Free Speech Prevails at Princeton | Robert P. George
firstthings.com
You probably found that after putting it to music, your thought isn’t hooking you as much. And notice you haven’t challenged the thought; you haven’t tried to get rid of it, debated whether it’s true or false, or tried to push it away and replace it with a positive thought. So what happened? By taking the thought and putting it to music, you saw its “true nature”; you realized that, like the lyrics of a song, it is nothing more or less than a string of words.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
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