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• A reply on Talk: Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism

  15 hours ago: but the degree to which you can help those two people vary massively. $50 is life saving to that kid in Africa - probably multiple kids in Africa - but almost negligible to most americans. would you not rather invest your money somewhere where it made the most impact?
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  A reply on Talk: Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism

  15 hours ago: no, i completely agree with you! that is in fact, the key difference between the two, and the reason why i pointed this out.
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  A reply on Talk: Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism

  1 day ago: despite popular belief, "communism" is not synonymous with "evil", and yet it is still used as a smear against any left wing ideology. it is flawed as a political system, but not as a personal ideology. effective altruism is, in my opinion, communism done right.
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  A comment on Talk: Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass?

  1 day ago: glass always makes me think of charlie brooker's brilliant tv series, black mirror. in one episode, it explores the potential social implications of being able to record your entire day through your own eyes. it is, in my opinion, the only thing worth watching on television.
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  A comment on Talk: John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!

  Apr 23 2013: I wonder if we would still be as disgusted about texting if it weren't the tool of the 16 year old girls? what if text language was used by a group of people that we as a society look up to? it seems to me that our distaste with texting stems from our unwillingness for the future of our language to be dependant on the young. what will happen as the mobile phone generation grow up and become doctors and (dare i say it) authors? will they continue to use text speech or will they discard it as they come to think, as we do, that it is juvenile? i have no doubts that it will permeate into our every day lives. maybe in the future you'll get your prescription written in text speech. "200mg fluoxetine, lol"

• A comment on Talk: John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!

  Apr 23 2013: I admit that texting makes me very uncomfortable about the way language is going. I think it's wrong to assume that it can exist entirely independently of proper english, and it is bound to assimilate itself to some extent into life outside the phone. however, i am also very aware of the fact that language is ever changing. it has always changed whether we've liked it or not, and it will continue to change. perhaps text language is just the fad of the under 16s, or maybe they are the prophets of our linguistic future? i just hope it's the distant future :)

• A reply on Talk: John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!

  Apr 23 2013: it's my view that we shouldn't respect all views :) i hope you respect it.

• A reply on Talk: John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!

  Apr 23 2013: like any language, you just learn all the different ways with experience.

• A reply on Talk: John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!

  Apr 23 2013: it means only joking. eg. this talk was terrible....JK, it was great. and yes, tv shows :) not a fan myself but i hear they're the kind that suck you in.

• A reply on Talk: Joshua Prager: In search of the man who broke my neck

  Apr 20 2013: it was certainly beautiful! I think my reaction just stems from the fact that there is a middle-man between Joshua and myself - namely the book. When somebody speaks without rehearsal, their manner of conversation immediately conveys the idea that what they're telling you is honest and true. Labouring over a speech or a book opens it up to the possibility of embellishment or falsity. For example, Joshua could have easily been recalling the memoires of another ex-paraplegic, not his own. I'm not for one second suggesting that any element of Joshua's talk was fabrication, merely that subconsciously, these factors affect the way in which we receive a talk like this. Perhaps i'm completely alone in this, which of course is fine. i'm just adding my two cents.