g.man wrote:Surely it would be fair to say that nobody actually knows what did or didn't go on between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard with regards to both parties claims of domestic abuse? The one may just be as bad as the other for all we know...or then again not, because we're talking about a multimillionaire Hollywood power couple flinging shit at each other in a vain attempt to salvage careers. Frankly, we're never likely to be sure of anything.
The Rutger Bregman book we're doing in the reading group thread this month is a good alternative perspective.Facewon wrote:This link may or may not work. Lost the Tweet. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ubAAp5OmLHaBEaXc2H2Dr9dmAzQoHAma/view?usp=drivesdk Pdf of a deep dive of the evidence pinker and others use to claim that early humans had a lot of war and that roughly a quarter of the male pop died violently. Its nerdy interesting stuff, but the gist is, again, pinker is big on the cherry pick. He's the new Harris for me, the raft of refutations are what's fascinating and worth diving into.
Wiki'd the guy and sounds interesting - I'll have to check it out.JonB wrote:The Rutger Bregman book we're doing in the reading group thread this month is a good alternative perspective.Facewon wrote:This link may or may not work. Lost the Tweet. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ubAAp5OmLHaBEaXc2H2Dr9dmAzQoHAma/view?usp=drivesdk Pdf of a deep dive of the evidence pinker and others use to claim that early humans had a lot of war and that roughly a quarter of the male pop died violently. Its nerdy interesting stuff, but the gist is, again, pinker is big on the cherry pick. He's the new Harris for me, the raft of refutations are what's fascinating and worth diving into.
djchump wrote:I need to read more Ursula Le Guin:
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