ProfD

People engage in far more reckless endeavors that can immediately affect their lives than being ignorant of lies and climate change. Less than 1% of the population pays much attention to the technical details of anything. They don't read a lot either. The primary concerns of most people are having basic needs met and enjoying life while they're alive. The future beyond their existence isn't a priority.

A majority of the 8 billion people on the planet live uncomplicated lives totally oblivious and indifferent to lies. Most likely because they are several degrees removed from the people who control power and money.

For people who enjoy reading, there's no shortage of material. It really depends on the interests of the reader. Of course, beyond reading for pleasure and entertainment, it's helpful to read material that enables one to grow in terms of knowledge, skill, ability and financial security. The usefulness of certain subjects and course material in school curriculums has always been questioned. There are several school types offering alternative curriculums to those mandated by public school systems. I believe most curriculums are intended to stimulate students intellectual development and curiosity. A spring-board into acquiring knowledge and information. Othewise, schools do not stop folks who love to read from reading books of interest to them.

Congrats to Leo XIV the 1st American pope. Hopefully, his papacy will not be corrupted by US politics.

World Wars are usually started by super power countries led by crazy azz dictators seeking to expand to expand i.e. take over the world. Right now, the US, China and Russia are the main countries that could start WW3.

What makes it a women's restroom? Scottish dudes didn't get that memo. We can agree Shannon was originally intended as a girl's name. It became gender neutral. Just like Lindsey, Michael, Patrice and Quincy to name a few.

IMO, a dust-up between these countries won't result in WWIII. A few turbans might go up in smoke. White folks definitely not going to let that happen. Mess up their money and paradise on earth...no way.

We've already mentioned that it started as a girl's name. The name has been used for dudes over a 100 years and counting. So far, no males have been named Amber, Catherine, Eunice, Felisha, Natalie, Olivia, Daneen, Henrietta, Isabel, Jennifer, Kristen, Linda, Molly, Rachel, Samantha, Theresa, Victoria, Yolanda, Zenobia, Gladys, Monica, Delores, Barbara, Elizabeth, Marie or Polly.

IMO, minorities in general especially in management positions often overcompensate. Even white women believe they have to show men they can take charge and lead. Most women are emotional by nature. It's going to come through at some point even in the workplace. No matter how tough a woman tries to be in the workplace there's that moment whether it's empathy, compassion or frustration that she breaks down and cries. Female police officers can reach down in another female's crotch to retrieve drugs, guns, money, stolen merchandise, etc.

Right. I don't have the *answers* either. True. I think Americans need to be honest with themselves about their addiction to consumerism especially when they start complaining about the economy.

They don't worry too much about it. Conditioned by gross consumerism and planned obsolescence. Americans don't care about the depreciation of vehicles. Every 3-5 years, the average person who can afford a vehicle is ready to get a new one. The engineers who planned the construction of the Twin Towers did not take into consideration it being hit by a airliner filled with fuel. Farthest scenario from their STEM brains. Apparently, engineers on terrorist side knew exactly what it would take to destroy the Twin Towers. Who knows...they might have had demolition charges, er, inside help too. There's no incentive in getting to the bottom of the Twin Towers collapse. They have already built upon the old site. Like any other crime scene post clean-up...there's nothing left to see here.

@Pioneer1, note to self that event is a trigger.

AI-generated content will only become more ridiculous over time.

Of course, while we have a love for reading, it has to be nurtured in many people. Parents with little to no love for reading aren't going to pass it to their children. IMO, reading has never made a high priority among other life lessons. There are people who will happily admit that they *hate* to read. Most of the Bibles people have in their homes and/or take back and forth to church haven't been read cover to cover. Forever, I remember hearing that the best hiding place for anything was in a book. Primal instinct. At one point in time, men had to be be physically fit and know how to fight in order to survive. While we don't have to rely so much on our physical abilities for survival, we should maintain it. Never know when it might be necessary to run and/or fight. Sitting around reading books won't save a life.

Black Americans live within a system set up by white folks. The system of racism white supremacy was built on that foundation. White people might become less racist but IMO, the system of racism white supremacy will not be dying any time soon.

Interesting how this thread went from a new Pope to skyscrapers.

Maybe that's why white folks are trying to incentivize their own to have more babies. Keep their numbers up and white privileges intact. White folks have a problem with abortion as a form of birth control and a decreasing population among themselves. Irresponsible women and men could stop procreating. Problem solved. Not to worry....the universe has a way of eliminating the least productive human beings.

I doubt that POTUS OJ generated the AI-image himself. But, he either authorized or posted it on his truth social account.

Free information is readily available. It does not have to be shared. The goats can get it. It is really up to the individual and whether or not they will seek and consume the information that is most helpful to them. Forcing information on people is pointless. Make it readily available. Let the individual decide whether they want to fail or succeed.

The current administration is floating the idea of offering women $5,000 to have children. Remains to be seen if that cash offer applies to non-white women though.

That could be a viable strategy if Democrats could shut up and get out their own way. Instead, the Dems are yelling at clouds, flailing around and crashing out. Metaphorically, let the clown car run over a cliff and explode with no survivors. Best shot at maintaining the pseudo-Democracy the US claims.

Absolutely not. In fact, the current administration is aggressively pursuing a white nationalist programme. IMO, racism and prejudice will be more clearly defined in the US. It's going to be interesting to see how non-white folks deal with white folks closing ranks and excluding others. Many groups of people already have cultural ties that bind them. They have been building structures to help each other. IMO, most AfroAmerican tribes do not have an infrastructure of self-sufficiency in place to weather the storm if/when white folks pull the rug from underneath them.

Women cannot teach a male how to be a man. Just to be clear...there's a difference between protecting a woman from hurt, harm or danger and fighting another man *over* her. Otherwise, an alpha-male doesn't have to fight another dude to win over a woman. He's got too many choices to pick from in women.

Humans are born into conditions created by their fellow beings. That goes for everything good and bad in the world. It only takes human benevolence to change a bad condition(s). Greed and hatred prevents it. Otherwise, people can be lifted out of poverty and despair and every other condition in the blink of an eye. Doing so would be the work of a higher power.

POTUS OJ never one to miss an opportunity to spin up the media posed this picture to his social media account.