The follow up question then is, how do we deal with that as a species? If we assume that humans have tribalistic tendencies, I don’t want to say inherent, but, deeply rooted? Can education and external pressure make it go away? Can we direct it into something else? It seems like sports teams with their fans is an outlet at least preferable to war, for example.

How did it go? I use ed once in a while, but honestly just for fun, I wish I had time to learn it better.

I have a cycle that goes like this:

1. I just want a system that works. (Fedora)
2. The UNIX philosophy is cool. (OpenBSD)

Repeat every 6 months or so. I’m never happy with my current system.

I wonder how much is philosophy and how much is not wanting legal troubles. Those things aren’t contradicting of course.

I am also on team old thinkpads. What I use computers for doesn’t require recent hardware.

As a man, I wish clothes would make me feel desirable. I have asked my girlfriend which clothes she would like to see me in, but she says it’s not about the clothes. That it doesn’t matter. It’s more about what I do. So I just dress in plain, comfortable, practical clothes which makes me, well, practical. Useful. I often wish I had options to just be desired for my body, without the pressure to achieve this or that to be desirable. It’s a source of sadness for me.