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1. awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2017 21:57:16 EDT awg
   accessibility seems to be the premise for most arguments about "opportunity" and "levelling the playing field," today.  but this line of reasoning ignores the very real aspects of people's natures and the culture common to most (if not all) societies genuinely averse to learning unless there's a tangible benefit to be had (eg, gainful employment).  the pale character of opportunism goes actually very far in cancelling out whatever benefits are to be had from having access to the modern libraries of Alexandria ... most will simply take it for granted.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2017 22:09:01 EDT lnxw48a1

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      @awg And that's part of the problem that people fail to grasp. Levelling the playing field means trying to make it so that players have to expend similar effort to get to the goal. Players who do not expend any effort will still not move the ball forward.
      
      (And, no, I won't carry you down the field if you refuse to expend the effort to run downfield yourself. If you're too lazy to lift a spoon to your lips, I will let you starve.)