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eppur_se_muova

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8. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." ― Sinclair

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 09:19 AM

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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

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AI Backlash Backlash [View all] GreatGazoo Yesterday OP

No but your observations appear to be on point biophile Yesterday #1

They.have billions of dollars on the line from investors. Lochloosa Yesterday #2

Seems all the benefits go to the rich. multigraincracker Yesterday #3

This is it exactly OnionPatch Yesterday #6

In Adam Smiths book, Wealth of Nations, multigraincracker Yesterday #7

Did you mean to write it that way? Mossfern Yesterday #10

I'm on one of those language spectrums. multigraincracker 23 hrs ago #11

Absolutely Mossfern 22 hrs ago #13

I find it hard to believe the party that wants to eliminate the social safety net will subsidize beach vacations sop Yesterday #4

This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #5

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." ― Sinclair eppur_se_muova Yesterday #8

"We will get UBI, lay on the beach and finally write that novel." JustABozoOnThisBus Yesterday #9

I see signs of it from AI propagandists on X complaining that AI opponents are too organized and too highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #12

Excellent points GreatGazoo 21 hrs ago #14

If there was ever an industry that didn't deserve trust, it's generative AI. And those mini nuclear power plants highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #15