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Re:Two AI Pioneers. Two Bizarre Suicides. What Really Happened? by yters on Saturday January 19, 2008 @03:13PM (#100995)
Another question, has it always been this way? I remember reading somewhere that our levels of depression and suicide are a historical anomaly. What is different between now and then?
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Re:Two AI Pioneers. Two Bizarre Suicides. What Really Happened? by Hexstream on Saturday January 19, 2008 @04:08PM (#101013)
Maybe previously, people were too occupied with subsistance to wonder if they should kill themselves.
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Re:Two AI Pioneers. Two Bizarre Suicides. What Really Happened? by yters on Sunday January 20, 2008 @02:56PM (#101310)
The majority of people today are mostly concerned with subsistence too.
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Re:Two AI Pioneers. Two Bizarre Suicides. What Really Happened? by Hexstream on Monday January 21, 2008 @03:32PM (#101788)
And that's why most people still don't commit suicide? ;P
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