If a new machine gives an efficiency advantage over other makers of equivalent commodities - the owner of that machine reaps a financial advantage that is experienced as “generated value”. But as the new machine and any efficiency in production becomes generalized we would expect that ultimately the value of that commodity would actually decrease.

But human society is still somehow connected to human effort.

I thought pardons were for criminal charges, not civil fines?

That was awhile ago. And look what happened to the Cathaginians.

Meanwhile the Catholic Church keeps chugging along like nothing happened. Hell, people keep sending their children to Catholic schools.

Wow. This essay is really powerful.

But as a white USian, much of the same applies to me.

A lot of religions have done bad things, but it might only be the Catholics who have a pit of dead babies.

Is that the Victoria’s Secret guy?

US so accustomed to invading for oil, it can’t stop itself, even when already floating in oil.

How many dogs are killed by police every year?

The new vaccine, for now known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, mimics the T cell signals that directly stimulate innate immune cells in the lungs.

It also contains a harmless antigen which recruits T cells into the lungs to help the body fight pathogens for weeks or months.

I wonder if it helps much for new antigens vs viruses you’ve already encountered.