↪Athena Athena, we were just talking about serfs and slaves yesterday after watching Simple History's video on "Life in Medieval Times"! We also got into a discussion about political power gradually accruing to the peasant class over centuries. We do a lot of drawing contests, and the one elective they go to every day (I have them all day except for one period is more exact) is computerized automated design (CAD). I highlight classical music with Doodelchaos's awesome Linerider videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIz3klPET3o&ab_channel=DoodleChaos
and similar stuff. I try and give them a rounded education. — RogueAI
Another pervasive prejudice in our society is that of people being overweight. Of course, in general the population in Western societies are getting larger. But, people who are overweight are often perceived and treated so negatively. — Jack Cummins
I would say that characteristics such as being overweight fall into a grey area within the realm of prejudice. — Jack Cummins
For example, I have seen disabled people objecting to so called able-bodied people using disabled toilets and they are making the assumption that disabilities are visible. So, it is extremely complicated. — Jack Cummins
Nah. Bad faith and ill will are evolutionarily advantageous.This automatic reaction to think the worst of people when there are perfectly good explanations possible seems like a symptom to me.
I think that has a lot to do with how we live and how much of our autonomy we have to surrender to live that way. We live in a world of strangers and that is not what we're built for. We feel helpless to make things right and that's not what we're built for either. — Kenosha Kid
Bad faith and ill will are evolutionarily advantageous. — baker
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