My apologies. A rose is a rose is a rose after all. It's okay to mention race or culture without being racist or xenophobic. A silly, stupid quip, nothing more. That being said, I paraphrase Mark Twain who said "Some people will go way out of their way to feel offended".
Grinding hope to dust is not helping. What you say may or may not be true, you don't know. Plus the condescension tells me you see yourself as wise but the truly wise would not be condescending. Carry on Mister Smuggy.
Iain M. Banks created a whole universal alien system called "The Culture" which are mostly sentient machines. Also woven in is how humans evolved. There are several books of his that exist in the universe of "The Culture". I haven't read his stuff in a while but remember being intrigued while reading them.
Apart from the specific definitions and history of practice there are people who help people and people who help themselves. All systems have been derived from this.
Apple would know. They use cheap Chinese labour. Why not cheap Chinese chips? Didn't america build a big chip factory back when Biden was Pres, or was that just an announcement with no follow-through?
It should be dependent on the sites offering adult material to have an account with a login. All other non-adult sites keep operating as before and kids can peruse freely. If a kid steals a password that's a kid thing, not a system thing. Nothing is foolproof and people get slapped in the face with shit they don't want to see all the time. Education and proper implementation is the key, not restriction and censorship.
True enough. Though, even at lunch time, everyone broke bread together and I was across the street in a park eating a sandwich and reading a book. So, even the social times at work were avoided. When this happens you eventually get "Who does he think he is? He thinks he's better than us" thoughts.
Yeah. For sure. Nothing is simply black and white anymore. Lots to consider.