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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt Johnathan Haidt] is an American social psychologist, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business, and author. His main areas of study are the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. In the second portion of his book [https://righteousmind.com The Righteous Mind], he presents moral foundations theory, and applies it to the political beliefs of liberals, conservatives, and libertarians in the US. Haidt argues that people are too quick to denigrate other points of view without giving those views full consideration, and attempts to reach common ground between liberals and conservatives. He makes the case in the book for morality having multiple foundations (more than just harm and fairness), and said in an interview that morality "is at least six things, and probably a lot more than that" and "(religion and politics are)… expressions of our tribal, groupish, righteous nature". | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt Johnathan Haidt] is an American social psychologist, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business, and author. His main areas of study are the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. In the second portion of his book [https://righteousmind.com The Righteous Mind], he presents moral foundations theory, and applies it to the political beliefs of liberals, conservatives, and libertarians in the US. Haidt argues that people are too quick to denigrate other points of view without giving those views full consideration, and attempts to reach common ground between liberals and conservatives. He makes the case in the book for morality having multiple foundations (more than just harm and fairness), and said in an interview that morality "is at least six things, and probably a lot more than that" and "(religion and politics are)… expressions of our tribal, groupish, righteous nature". | ||
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<u><b>Statue of Liberty</b></u> | |||
Eric's complaint about the cynical use of the Statue of Liberty is a reference to the poem by Emma Lazarus enticed "New Colossus" inscribed on its base: | |||
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, | |||
With conquering limbs astride from land to land; | |||
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand | |||
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame | |||
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name | |||
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand | |||
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command | |||
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. | |||
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she | |||
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, | |||
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, | |||
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. | |||
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, | |||
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" | |||
He rejects the notion that you cannot take this message to heart and at the same time support some form of restriction regarding immigration. | |||
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<b>Kleptocracy</b> - a government with corrupt leaders that use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to extend their personal wealth and political powers. Typically, this system involves embezzlement of funds at the expense of the wider population. | |||
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<u><b>Flatland</b></u> | |||
Flatland is a book by Edwin A. Abbot in which he describes a society rigidly divided into classes. Social ascent is the main aspiration of its inhabitants, apparently granted to everyone but strictly controlled by the top of the hierarchy. Freedom is despised and the laws are cruel. Innovators are imprisoned or suppressed. Members of lower classes who are intellectually valuable, and potential leaders of riots, are either killed, or promoted to the higher classes. Every attempt for change is considered dangerous and harmful. This world is not prepared to receive "revelations from another world". ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland wiki]) | |||
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"Animal Style" is an available option at IN-n-Out fast food restaurants (in addition to the standard toppings, Animal Style burgers include mustard fried onto each meat patty, pickles, grilled onions, and extra spread). Andrew makes this reference because the 'animal style' option is not listed on the menu at any location even though you can order it. | |||
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[http://www.mit.edu MIT] - Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz Aaron Swartz] (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. He was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS, the Markdown publishing format,[4] the organization Creative Commons, and the website framework web.py, and was a co-founder of the social news site Reddit. He was given the title of co-founder by Y Combinator owner Paul Graham after the formation of Not a Bug, Inc. (a merger of Swartz's project Infogami and Reddit, a company run by Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman). | |||
Swartz's work also focused on civic awareness and activism. He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009 to learn more about effective online activism. In 2010, he became a research fellow at Harvard University's Safra Research Lab on Institutional Corruption, directed by Lawrence Lessig. He founded the online group Demand Progress, known for its campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act. | |||
In 2011, Swartz was arrested by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police on state breaking-and-entering charges, after connecting a computer to the MIT network in an unmarked and unlocked closet, and setting it to download academic journal articles systematically from JSTOR using a guest user account issued to him by MIT. Federal prosecutors later charged him with two counts of wire fraud and eleven violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, carrying a cumulative maximum penalty of $1 million in fines, 35 years in prison, asset forfeiture, restitution, and supervised release. | |||
Swartz declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison. Two days after the prosecution rejected a counter-offer by Swartz, he was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment, where he had hanged himself. | |||
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Comedian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Gillis Shane Gillis] was fired from Saturday Night Live in September of 2019 when a video from the previous year surfaced of him using a derogatory term for Asians. ([https://www.newsweek.com/shane-gills-saturday-night-live-1460212 article]) | |||
Andrew Yang's response can be viewed [https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/politics/andrew-yang-snl-state-of-the-union-cnntv/index.html here]. | |||
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