There is a documentary from BBC about the history of philosophy of happiness that was on YouTube, in the documentary it is mentioned that the Greek Philosphers had discussed advertising as lowering our happiness in order to replace the hole with their product. I think it was epicurus but I am not certain. the narrator is Alain de Botton
Well they had a vote already, so then with a do over precedent, do officials just keep asking for do overs until they get the desired results? It's messy.
I think that the idea of prioritizing work that is adding significant value is not so new, to be fair. Professors would go on sabbaticals to finish their book for instance.
He started out strong with that witty application to the ex-boyfriend list. However, once the Lady said she was with a surgeon, that was probably the clue that it was time to bow out. Really enjoyed this, but felt a bit of sympathy for Richard.
I think partially because the modders don't have to animate walk cycles and limbs moving, the train is mostly static. Also it's the contrast between horror and Thomas's squeaky clean branding.
This whole thread derails from the topic of American CBS censorship,
so it sort of did fall into a whataboutism type of distraction cycle.
Theoretically capitalist companies that are censoring important content can be pressured with boycotts over censorship, though I'm not sure how feasible that is here.