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Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by closeparen on Monday November 23, 2020 @03:09AM (#25184567)
If everyone went into software engineering, we would all starve to death. There are very few things that society could survive “everyone” doing - a diversity and balance of complementary behaviors are important.
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Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by sirtaj on Monday November 23, 2020 @03:45AM (#25184775)
Sure, but there are plenty that apply. Driving sensibly, not littering and behaving properly in a queue are such basic examples that going as far as "everyone becoming a software engineer" seems a little disingenuous.
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Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by n4r9 on Monday November 23, 2020 @03:32AM (#25184708)
It makes more sense as a rule applied to moral judgements c.f. Immanuel Kant's Universalisability.
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