Fun Fact: Elon Musk received a bonus for his top notch leadership of a failing website that exceeds the entire state budget of most US states.

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Ingrid Robeyn's 'Limitarianism' Makes the Case for Capping Wealth

Limitarianism questions the idea that individual wealth is ever individual.

The Atlantic

In the US there are currently more than 23 vacant homes for every one unhoused person.

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We are turning into subscription slaves - Festival of Dangerous Ideas - Medium

Philosopher Gwilym David Blunt says anyone concerned with the importance of individual liberty and human autonomy ought to be alarmed, because we are turning into subscription slaves. I want you to…

Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Within capitalism only the worst succeed.

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@succfemboi @gemlog But I don't have that kind of money, regardless of type of manufacture.

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In its official statement for World Health Day in 2017, the United Nations reviewed the best evidence and concluded that “the dominant biomedical narrative of depression” is based on “biased and selective use of research outcomes” that “must be abandoned”. We need to move from “focusing on ‘chemical imbalances’”, they said, to focusing more on “power imbalances”.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/07/is-everything-you-think-you-know-about-depression-wrong-johann-hari-lost-connections

h/t @starbreaker

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Is everything you think you know about depression wrong?

In this extract from his new book, Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 14 years, calls for a new approach