This tech stuff is a side effect/microcosm of the overall problem in our society (mostly in the US).

That said, we gotta clean up our own space. So I agree with everything you’re saying. 💕 and it needs to be said. So thank you.

That’s not to say individual regular people don’t do good things. But often it has to be in response to the abysmal things happening upon us by the government and so someone is always “a hero” instead of everyone just collectively caring about other people and thus building a culture around that.

This country doesn’t do anything good for good’s sake. If by trying to make rich people richer, a good thing happens? That’s on accident.

There’s so much in this thread that echos the same problems in our government and culture and how certain people are treated depending on what they look like, etc. It all boils down to…

Engineering can be so much better than this and more than this. It's absurd how much we're resigned to this entire area of human work being held hostage by this kind of culture.

for those of you who are serious about understanding the eugenic lineage of the whole AGI movement, on the other hand, you can peruse some of the resources at www.dair-institute.org/projects/tes...

Awareness is not absolution.

Action, consistent, accountable, antiracist action, is the only path to integrity.

#Mediocre #FacilitatedConversations #Antiracism #Whiteness #MythOfWhiteSupremacy #ProfitWithoutOppression #Accountability #GoodWhitePeople #KimCrayton

So when I ask, how do you feel knowing that whiteness requires your complicity, I’m really asking…what are you willing to do now that you know?

Because you can’t opt out of the system, but you can refuse to perform your role in maintaining it.

Discomfort is not harm.

The world has lost an extraordinary scientist, advocate, and teacher. But her legacy lives on in every person she inspired to care about our planet and its inhabitants.

Rest in peace, Dr. Goodall. And thank you.