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> A big trial of mindfulness training in UK schools maybe made kids a bit more depressed, and two attempts to teach psychotherapy principles to students in Australia both failed.

I have always belived that the widespread of cheap psychological content aimed for average people is a mental-unhealthy plague and would only make them overconfident in judging their own and others mental health, this is why we see overuse of terms like bi-polar, trauma, narcissist etc.. in social media where teenagers are active.


Don't be evil


Civilizations that prioritize the overall safety and wellbeing of society over "individual rights" tend to have more harsh penalities to safeguard society and it does work, and rarely needs to be executed.

More "liberal" countries have real societal problems that cannot be solved because "individual rights" stands in its way.


Are you saying that systems with the death penalty are less corrupt? That's a funny take especially coming in under an article about one of the largest fraud cases worldwide where the perpetrator gets the death penalty.

What societal beacons of moral rectitude were you having in mind?


She's executed only if she does not return at least $27b of the $44b stolen.


I am pretty sure cost of living is #1 reason and certainly not education.


This can be repurposed as a legal form of ransomware

pay me to shut my absolutely legal site down to make your life easier


Or.. you can not have your bots crawl other people’s property without permission.


I am wondering if amazon fixed the issue or blacklisted *.sp.am


This kind of argument can be used to censor anything deemed controversial.




I wonder why people still buy devices from a manufacturer that is very disrespectful to its users and developers, especially they aren't the only option on the market.


It matches their expectations function-wise. They don't care about developers that much.


Islam is a religion, Israel is a state


I'm critical of both. Nowhere near as much as I dislike Hamas, though.


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