Show HN: Plato's Protagoras Highly Abridged For no wise human...will allow that any human being errs voluntarily, or voluntarily does evil and dishonorable actions;... And do you, Protagoras, like the rest of the world, call some pleasant things evil and some painful things good? - for I am rather disposed to say that things are good in as far as they are pleasant, if they have no consequences of another sort, and in as far as they are painful they are bad. But are you aware that the majority of the world are of another mind; and that humans are commonly supposed to know the things which are best, and not to do them when they might? And most persons whom I have asked the reason of this have said that when humans act contrary to knowledge they are overcome by pain,or pleasure... Then you think that pain is an evil and pleasure is a good: and even pleasure you deem an evil, when it robs you of greater pleasures than it gives, or causes pains greater than the pleasure...You call pain a good when it takes away greater pains than those which it has,or gives pleasures greater than the pains... ...if you are unable to show any good or evil which does not end in pleasure and pain, hear the consequences:...the argument is absurd which affirms that a human often does evil knowingly... And that this is ridiculous will be evident if only we give up the use of various names, such as pleasant and painful, and good and evil. As there are two things, let us call them by two names - first, good and evil, and then pleasant and painful. Assuming this,... a human does evil knowing that they do evil...Because they are overcome...By the good... Is not the real explanation that they are out of proportion to one another, either as greater and smaller, or more and fewer? Then, I said, no human voluntarily pursues evil... To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a human is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when they may have the less. April 15, 2020 at 08:10PM
Show HN: AI Generated Short Video Hey everyone, I have always wanted to content. I enjoy creating videos and watching other's creations! Being a programmer, I decided to create an AI pipeline which can create textual scripts and churn out thousands of videos / blogs on a daily basis given any topic. This is my first video and I would appreciate any comments and suggestions regarding it but I am particularly interested in hearing about tips and tricks / content format which can be followed to make the such video more fun and intuitive to watch. Also looking for advice if this can be monetised maybe saas or ads or something completely different. I would also want to know if anyone of you would be interested in such an AI tool. The Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_DOIPGKsw Specifically, what I wanted to ask: What are the specific things you liked and what you didn't. Would there have been a better format for me to have made this video to deliver the message more effective...
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