Liberalism is not an instrument of power. It is a political system that minimizes coercion. The idea that power would be terminal seems to reflect an ideological distortion instead of systemic thinking; in a dynamic evolutionary environment, order cannot persist without control.
POLICY
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State Monopoly on Violence and Judicial Authority
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Our society depends on maintaining a state monopoly on violence and a monopoly of the courts
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Human Responsibility in the Face of Machine Superiority
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But if the machine performs better than man, how can we justify that a natural person remains responsible?
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Can Civilization’s Systems Commit to Best Practices?
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Are the nervous systems, immune response and reproductive organs of our civilization still committed to determining and following best practices?
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How ChatGPT Changed My Life: Five Major Shifts
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Ce que ChatGPT a changé dans ma vie 1 Je ne me sers plus de Google 2 Je ne crois plus à la valeur des diplômes sauf exceptions 3 J’ai été choqué d’être dépassé par ChatGPT : il est plus intelligent que moi depuis décembre 2024 4 J’ai découvert que les politiciens ont encore
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X Algorithm Pushes Divisive Content to Maximize Engagement and Conflict
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I feel like X is increasingly pushing posts in front of the people who are most likely to disagree and want to argue with you. My gut tells me that it first puts it in front of existing audience that typically engages but, after that, it thinks “who’s gonna hate this the most?”
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NSF Budget Cuts Threaten US Technological Leadership Position
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NSF budgets slashed by 50%, ongoing grants cancelled, NSF staff drastically reduced, all 37 divisions abolished, and grants will now be reviewed by a political kommissar.
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Free Speech and Accountability: Balancing Rights with Responsibility
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Most people on this thread misunderstand free speech and accountability. I’m not against free speech, everyone should have it. But you shouldn’t dissociate the accountability of your words from your identity. I can say what I want but tomorrow if I made a mistake I should be held
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Accountability and Consequences in Pseudonymous Online Discourse
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You just mentioned a few names (because they are accountable for their opinions). Being able to say anything without consequence is a problem because it eventually dips to causing indiscriminate chaos and mostly telling lies for engagement. You are pseudonymous btw not anonymous.
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Building Independent Trust Beyond Consensus and Celebrity Authority
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So far you’ve trusted people/channels based on what everyone says about them or how famous they are. After the next few weeks you’ll have to make your own decisions on who to follow and trust and it can’t be the easy choice of whatever everyone else follows or believes. Have the