+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | I'm on gnu social / facebook / twitter / linkedin / g+ / instagram / tumblr | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | _______ | I've been made blue, I've been lied to | | ,--'.:::::.`-._ | When will I be loved | | /..:::::::::::..\ | I've been turned down, I've been pushed | | /..:::::::::_;::::| | 'round | | || `---'----' _|:::| | When will I be loved | | || `;:::| | | | |' ==== ==== |-::| | When I meet a new girl that I want for | | |-( @ )-( @ )--|O):| | mine | | | ` | ` |/::' | She always breaks my heart in two, it | | . v |:/ jeremy@ | happens every time | | | ___, || malcolm | I've been cheated, been mistreated | | \ -- _/| .id.au | When will I be loved | | \_____.-'__/-.__ | | | _| _/|::.\.::-._ | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [*] news [ ] about [ ] writing [ ] journal [ ] images [ ] guests | | +->> last 10 | | |--- archive | | `--- search | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | If you think Donald Trump is getting badly flamed right now, you clearly | | never read Pat Methany's reciew of Kenny G http://jere.my/l/k5 | | | +--------------------| posted 3 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Summary: public education and media are the best ways for democratic | | societies to avoid bad outcomes from large numbers of unthinking people | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Some ways we can do this include public broadcasting, free education to | | tertiary level, and (more controversially) compulsory voting | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | A better society depends upon strong, stable institutional support for | | lifelong learning and critical analysis by as many people as possible | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Undermining science and pluralistic independent media would allow Trump to | | keep the population ignorant and claim he acts in their interests | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Autocracy solves this dilemma by either taking away peoples' choices | | directly, or controlling media and education so that choice is illusory | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | The best fallback is entertainment, but our ability to use that is | | hampered by the control of major media by large corporate interests | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | After people leave school we're much more limited in how to educate them. | | So when technology or society changes, older folk are a lost cause | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | There are few ways to do that, but the only one that applies outside of | | the criminal justice system (and why it's so important) is education | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Forcing large groups of people to think about what they do is the only way | | to avoid bad outcomes, whether in voting, choosing software, etc. | | | +--------------------| posted 4 days ago via terminus timeline | read more |--+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | page generated in 1.380 seconds sadlittlewebjournal 3.2.5 | | content (c) its respective creator(s) web administration | | valid html 4.01 transitional rss feed | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+