Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online It's easy to see that in my apartment building: the minorities are the ones with the most kids. Often obviously religious minorities. Of course, where I live ethnic minorities also happen to be numerically majorities: I'd estimate the % of "white" people in my building is something like 40%, and many of those are slavic immigrants, eg from russia.

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online That's not to say I have a better alternative though. :(

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online Sorry, but I just don't think that will work out. You're talking about a system in which differences between many individuals are erased, because they're not a part of the advanced knowledge economy that actually matters. That will lead to idleness and hopelessness.

People want to be genuinely valued, and have that opportunity. Energy allocations can't do that. Education can't either, because many are simply incapable of learning those real skills.

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online Or sooner... Evolution happens on a much faster scale than people realize, because in mature organisms selection is most of evolution. And in social organisms, memetics evolution - your culture - happens quickly as well.

Whatever ideas cause people to have families - even if adopted - will be what's passed down to the next generation.

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online Well, *could* be solved. A lot of that tech you mentioned doesn't clearly work. It hopefully will. But we need to be putting more effort into finding out.

Also, I think you're ignoring the larger issue of relative inequality: it's not enough to have a high living standard on an absolute scale. People have a psychological need to be important and valuable. Jobs are very good at providing that; basic income is not.

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online Same with my successful Muslim background friends: they don't fit into the left, because they're successful on their own terms and (in many cases) value their families.

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online The crazy thing about it is you're almost a modern-right stereotype! Having a family and choosing to live your life the way you want too doesn't quite fit the mold of the extreme left anymore.

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online ... though part of the problem is that the left has won on so many issues. When the other side has accepted your hot button issues that identified left-vs-right, where do you go next?

Environmental and economic issues are really complex, without tidy answers.

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online I think what went wrong is left wing politics figured out a repeatable recipe for getting opponents cancelled. The rest is just incentives.

@benkaufman Biblical

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online ...and of course, when I say "Republicans" and "Democrats" above, I'm simplifying too!

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online In the last few months I've repeatedly had to explain to people that there's a lot of gay and minority Republicans, as well as racist Democrats.

Indeed, lesbians is an interesting case because many of them feel like they're getting erased by the trans movement.

@udiWertheimer @rusty 💩

@dsmatthews@mastodon.online He's proof that the left/right political spectrum is actually a complex number, with him far into the imaginary axis.

@excellion@bitcoinhackers.org They obviously think that Viking Guy is secretly leading a coup that will unseat Biden and upgrade inflationary US monetary policy with deflationary Viking Gold.

@DMN737 Here's one of my later artworks. It's a 64-bit counter. :)

Color rendition is a bit messed up due to my phone camera...

@rusty Gregory Maxwell is living proof that 280 characters is not enough.

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