I haven't read the article but I immediately see a few comments about benefitting consumers. I don't think that's the DOJ's charter. I think when you consider all the things that Google is to the government and to the people, this decision makes sense. It's weird that it becomes a discussion about what consumers want.
I made a handful of corporate sites, e-commerce, CMS and even flash lol, just out of college with boring defense contractor job. I didn't have time to be picky because I had a full time job so I always worked with whatever they had and a lot of stuff was made in Dreamweaver, and even a corporate site exported from Word. The code was awful but worked everywhere. And you always had to get into code anyway, so there was no time to even think about which of the tools was best. Something was always missing in some integration so you gotta code/script. I think a lot of people made money in the last cycle tech cycles and had nothing to do but create or fund a bunch of stuff to confuse the marketplace.
I spent 4 years in Istanbul and paid for Turkish classes at a popular English school chain. Their English was bad, and all the classes were full all day.
Scale vs care/love is a false dichotomy, and each word encompasses many phenomena.
Years ago, a neighbor in Los Angeles went to social services and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and given some meds.
I knew what he was going thru, and I was young and rebellious, so I told him to skip the meds and take some time with good friends. In 2 months, the symptoms were gone. I can't remember the name of the meds but the side effects were awful.
On the other hand, in my mid 30s I started to appreciate all the little details around infrastructure and design in various countries, and I often get the feeling of "being loved" by workers I've never met because the way it works is so nice or because it protected me in some way I didn't think of.
Around the beginning of the micro-dosing trend, I went to Colorado for a String Cheese Incident concert, and met a group of people that follow the band on your and attend multiple shows. Some of these people had been frying acid for 4 days in a row, and doing nothing of consequence.
Using psychedelics to improve anything (except maybe some forms of art) seems to me like when writers would drink to help them write. There's never going to be any rigorous evidence for any benefit.
My personal experience with LSD as a youth was positive, therapeutic, mind opening. However, I saw others abuse it or react negatively, including a close acquaintance jumping out of a moving car while tripping, resulting in his death. Your mileage will vary greatly.
Anecdotally, I've found that dancing feels good physically, but also connects you psychologically and culturally with others. More intense activity like CrossFit for example also builds connection, but I don't think you need to go that hard to reap physical benefits, especially as we age.
