| ▲ | tcbawo 4 hours ago | |
We now live in a courtier world where flattery and politics determine successful outcomes. | ||
| ▲ | Arubis 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
That has been the case for a vast swathe of time across history. It hurts because we had a nice couple of decades where it seemed that, not only was this not the case, but that we were directionally accelerating away from it. | ||
| ▲ | quantummagic 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Yes we do. We always did, and we still do. | ||