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No offense, and it bothers me in almost any use, but the phrase "doing a startup" seems especially out of its depth in this context.

That's why I specifically referred to the original signatories. And it's far more complex than that. Germany faces severe demographic trends that have caused a labor shortage, and …

In a big-picture sense, it's only unexpected if one doesn't realize that privacy is inherently in conflict with their business model.

"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population..."

Yay, more villifying "Wall Street" and fueling the "Wall Street vs. Main Street" fire, and suggesting that it's somehow noble or good to not want to be rich. It's somehow noble or …

As you can see, it's a hotly-contested issue. But it's a nice, easy way to make the narrative work.

I don't doubt that he's doing some real good; it's the self-aggrandizing style that opens him up to a whole host of issues. It's a dilemma, for sure, but a guy who's so apt to talk…

"Cynical: believing that people are motivated by self-interest." Call it a plague if you like, but I'm OK with it. And I wasn't being sharply critical (snarky) for the sake of bein…

Gaining wisdom by way of being paid massive amounts of money is an odd definition of "hard-won". Many people find out that their career is largely unsatisfying without stockpiling …

1. Not defending the concept or execution of that wall, but the list of reasons behind its existence includes many more things than just nationalistic tendencies. If and when it's …

TL;DR: He used to use drugs and booze to deal with his insecurities. Then he used money. Now he (apparently) uses the attention that comes from telling everyone how wise and honora…

People ask why I'm not on Facebook. I tell them I'm anti-social and thus will only join anti-social networks. They don't usually get it.

I'd love to have loners.org to use for a (free, non-commercial, and personally-funded) resource for introverts, and I promise not to give you a domain in return!

Sorry if I wasn't clear; that's what I assumed happened. Which seems an awfully silly thing for a moderator to do since it effectively guts the premise of the article. Glad to see …

Why was the title changed from "Should" to "Could"? While I don't agree with the author's argument, he's at least making a specific point. "Could", on the other hand, reduces it to…

So there's only one group of people society treats badly? What about other demographic sets of people with higher-than-average crime rates?

> It is pretty well established though that if you live in a > poor black community your chances of making it to middle > class are many times lower than making it to jail. To what…