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Re:Judge Decides Against Internet Archive by jb1991 on Saturday March 25, 2023 @02:41AM (#35300111)
Money is also an unnatural construct, most of civilization has succeeded and advanced due to abstract constructs, and this is one of mankind’s strengths. Learn more about this in the book Sapiens.
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Re:Judge Decides Against Internet Archive by goodlinks on Saturday March 25, 2023 @04:49AM (#35300763)
Have you read the ragged trousered phillanthropists?
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Re:Judge Decides Against Internet Archive by jb1991 on Saturday March 25, 2023 @05:32AM (#35300999)
No I haven’t, but if you’re suggesting that these so-called unnatural constructs can be damaging to the world, that is certainly true, but the flipside is that they also lead to great progress.
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Re:Judge Decides Against Internet Archive by goodlinks on Saturday March 25, 2023 @06:00AM (#35301136)
Imho Its a really good book, i think the first novel written by a non-noble, or something like that.

Its over 100 years old but still very relevant today. Understanding how things have not changed in that time was powerful in helping me form opinions on what should change.

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragged-Trousered_Philant...

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