#confused

The cost of college is confusing, Yes, I too am confused as to why anyone would take on a lifetime of non-dischargeable debt to earn a degree in a career that will soon be taken over by AI [Obvious]

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Fark · EN

I find myself confused about empathy

Inspired by https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xPrL2xF9iYWpPmu6B/my-empathy-is-rarely-kind I find myself confused about empathy. I wrote this to try and deconfuse myself. Let's take the example case of "posting bad political takes on the internet." When I see someone doing this, it bothers me. But then I remind myself of times that I've posted stuff that I later thought was bad. This establishes a certain baseline of empathy. But then I hit a problem: when I think back on those times, I feel shame. So though I get it, it basically justifies me feeling negative things towards them. If I feel negat

LessWrong · EN

Dazed and Confused in Wasilla. WSJ columnist says Alaskans were baffled by the Sullivans

Confusion now reigns in the Wasilla branch office of the Wall Street Journal. “The Beltway refrain has been that Alaska did enough distinguishing to make the ballot clear. That’s a hoot,” Kimberley Strassel hooted Tuesday.

Reporting From Alaska · EN

Name one Alaska voter who is confused by the two Dan Sullivans

I would like to find one voter in Alaska who is confused by the two Dan Sullivans and is unable to tell which is which on the ballot. Trump says that a lot of people in Alaska are too dumb to know what the word incumbent means. Let’s find one.

Reporting From Alaska · EN