Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on...
by zelphirkalt on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:37AM
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If no one or to few talk about the problem, the problem will not be solved either. So both is needed, the talk and the doing. That means the talk is legitimate as well.
Sagan says we're just a mote of dust. Jesus says throw no stones. Hate cannot drive out hate, MLK.
Humans evolved as carnivores, killing to survive. Bleaker still, the universe doesn't care when the tiny speck we live on boils away.
And here we are but for a brief moment. A tiny kindness goes a long way.
The parent poster was being pragmatic. They're going to die, just like the two of us.
Work to end the perceived problem instead of talking about it sanctimoniously. Because mimetic vitriol creates interference waves and drives us into factions. It accomplishes nothing and amplifies hate.