What evidence has DOGE offered so far that is not Musk's or Trump's words? This problem is not limited to them and the current moment though, it is widespread everywhere. (4/4)

Demand evidence whenever possible. Evidence, to me, is anything two or more people can witness FIRSTHAND, and one of those people must be yourself. If you are not included, you are choosing to have faith in the story being told without evidence. (3/4)

"They are coming to get you".
"Liberals want to destroy America".
"God hates gays"

These words are YOU reading them to yourself and deciding if they make sense TO YOUR OWN CONTEXT. You tell yourself stories and then, if the story uses the right words in the right order, you believe it.(2/4)

(2/2) increase understanding. There is only a need for total authority and jurisdiction.

You know, cause you're right and everyone else is wrong (unless they agree with you, of course).

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A human is a human, no matter how big, no matter how small.

atrocities in history, with millions of people dead or irreversibly damaged.

So....are ideals a poison? Or is the refusal to consider an ideal against reality that contains other people with freedoms the poison? Something else?

belief that "I know what's best for everyone" and the persistance of an ideal that often requires complete control and destruction of freedom for everyone else - especially those that might reject your ideal.

This story of idealism and totalitarianism contains the worst human tragedies and.....

What needs to change to get there from here?

Common pitfall: One problem with nearly all utopian dreams is that the bridge from here to there is overlooked or ignored. Often this transition requires the harshest dystopia imaginable for many - totalitarian rule.

This seems to hinge on the.....

I've not seen any caterpillars on milkweeds for the past two years now.....dang, this sucks.

Left to right, here's where these kids went next:
-graduated NYU (economics, math, and comp sci)
-masters in computer science from MIT.
-bachelors in biomed engineering, comp sci, applied math at Johns Hopkins, PhD student at Cambridge
-Columbia University for Math and Economics/Stats