He was threatened and then thrown out of his job, but he didn’t stop.
This is why we need to protect journalism and the truth above all else, for all those journalists and whistleblowers who can't afford to lose their jobs.
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- Mar 2019
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My initial comprehension of this deadly combination was purely circumstantial. I knew what I thought I had seen all over the world, but suspicions weren’t good enough.
This is how I started out: just a vague notion that yes, my iPhone is sourced from a bad place overseas. It's important to know the details so you can make informed decisions and to break the cycle of purposeful ignorance.
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- Jan 2019
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www.reddit.com www.reddit.com
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I vote we take over /r/hypothesis.
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Goats ftw!!
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his publication did not reach the few who were capable of grasping and extending it
Why were only a few capable of grasping it? Should we not be educating our citizens and our children so that "the few" becomes "the many"? Or at least teaching people to write in an understandable fashion so that "truly significant attainments" don't "become lost".
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First, they have increased his control of his material environment. They have improved his food, his clothing, his shelter; they have increased his security and released him partly from the bondage of bare existence.
If by "man" you mean "rich people".
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They have done their part on the devices that made it possible to turn back the enemy
"The enemy" is subjective and often decided merely by the victors... It's important to remember that "turn[ing] back the enemy" just means killing people.
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The perfection of these pacific instruments should be the first objective of our scientists as they emerge from their war work
I think scientists should pay close attention to what exactly these instruments would be used for. I'm not sure that just inventing them without considering the fallout is a great idea.
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For years inventions have extended man's physical powers rather than the powers of his mind
This is interesting, I guess it's the fact that we first made inventions that extend our physical powers that then allowed us to create inventions for our minds.
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