Throughout time and space, different peoples have had different ideas of which acts are moral and which are not. People take the moral instinct, and come to different conclusions.
Romans tended to think that those with power had the right to use it and to not care about the downtrodden. Charity was done to make you look good, not because helping people in and of itself is a good thing. Charity was focused on helping your kin and allies, not human beings because all humans have value.
Jews thought you should help your neighbor, but not all humans on Earth.
Jesus taught that everyone matters.
Jesus appeared to really think that a rich person could not get into Heaven. Modern Christians find excuses to ignore that. Bible scholar Bart Ehrman said that when Jesus said, with God, all things are possible, he meant God could change rich people’s hearts, convincing them to give away their wealth.
Jesus taught that you don’t need atonement to be forgiven. But his followers thought his death was an act of atonement. So, Jesus was crucified partially for teaching that you don’t need atonement, then his followers codified Jesus’s death as an atonement!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymsdXLIplIM
The workplaces that have grown recently, are ones that tend to employ more women. And, the workplaces that have shrunk, are ones that tend to employ more men.
The big growth happened in private education and health services.
The world has changed. There are fewer traditionally masculine jobs. The culture and politicians glorify these obsolete jobs. This creates a mismatch that leads to bad policy.
Modern farms and factories employ more machines than people. As we get richer, we tend to want more services than hard things.
If we want job growth for men, men will have to do the jobs that are growing. Which they can, but we need to not label these jobs as jobs for women.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOTzqPEk7oI
Difficult geography and difficult local politics made building a high-speed rail in California…difficult.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NK0wBBZZ24
McDonald’s is a real estate and big data tech company. It is selling convenience, not cheap food or good food. Its goal is to manipulate the customer to come in and buy profitable items.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIOW2HKgzPk
Federalism allowed different states to experiment with different ways to do freeways, so we can see what works. It also allowed states to do highways differently based on the qualities of the state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ECOsaQgpg
Jesus Didn’t Come for Everyone | The Problem Christianity Created
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztURqMyapho
People don’t realize how widespread and how good renewable energy has gotten.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgBTARXEfxU
Strait of Hormuz Week 13 Update: Mines, Blockades, and “Dark” Ships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oo_WX7eL5M
Ukraine’s medium strike with drones has gotten really good. This makes it hard to get supplies and reinforcements to the front and forces personnel and equipment further from the front line, increasing traveling time, which creates: delays, wear and tear on vehicles, and more vulnerable road time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNq4iJlxzVQ
Pharaoh Akhenaten demoted all the gods of Egypt and commanded that only one god is worthy of worship–the disc of the sun. And, only Akhenaten could speak for that one worthy god. This could be seen as a precursor of monotheism. It wasn’t yet monotheism though, because Akhenaten didn’t deny the existence of other gods, just their worthiness of worship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbjaTxF8FoI