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The second and much worse problem is what Bob Costas said (paraphrasing):
“America was thrust unexpectedly into the middle of history.” There is real feeling
that this is an emotional time, and that to ham it up and make it one of the
overtones of the Olympics is only natural. Bullshit! Events like what happened
in NYC and in DC on the 11th happen ALL THE TIME, ALL OVER THE
WORLD, AND HAVE DONE SO FOR MILLENIA. The fact is, we’re just not
used to it, but that doesn’t elevate it over the concerns of other nations. There
have been earthquakes in the last two years that have killed more people than
those planes did, ten times over. There have been devastating wars and strife
for all of history. To take this one event and treat it with so much melodrama
just drives home to me that we, as a nation, do not care about anyone other
than ourselves. It kind of makes you begin to understand the feelings of anger
that pervade the third world. . .
Greg Langmead
Machine Learning Engineer
I am a software engineer and mathematician. I work on NLP algorithms for Apple
News, and research homotopy type theory in CMU’s philosophy department.
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