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> @btbuildem was expressing a personal distaste for other uses of power, and an avulsion to the technology because of that

Nihilistic Luddism. It works against any argument for making the world a better place.

> For example: labor camps

...what's the connection between longevity and labor camps? Empirically, as life expectancies (at birth and in adulthood) have risen, the prevalence of labor camps has gone down. We can see this both longitudinally and between countries.



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