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Not sure of the quote you have in mind, but the idea of equality causing status anxiety goes back to Tocqueville.

To quote from the book: > “First: Survival is the primary need of civilization. Second: Civilization continuously grows and expands, but the total matter in the universe remains co…

You can turn to actual experts, e.g. YouTube or books. But yes, I have recently had the misfortune of working with a personal trainer who was using ChatGPT to come up with training…

Right, makes sense. I guess going into fitness I expected meat would be important for getting protein and might be worth a premium, but it's both expensive and requires time to coo…

For anyone who hasn't been to the grocery store recently, a rotisserie chicken can be had for about $8. That was wild to me when I stopped to think about it for a second: a chicken…

As someone arguing against vegetarians in the past, I get the point, but I actually made the switch recently, not because of ethics, but simply because of cost and laziness. It's a…

That's fun to think about. We can actually do the sci-fi visions of running millions of simulated dates / war games and score outcomes.

PE = Placebo Effect

I don't see guns here or anywhere else on this site. Very interesting data though.

How did you buy it? Can't find any shops online. Not on eBay either.

It's not just a reaction to the fashion of the older generation. They occupy different mental spaces. Facebook is broadcast, to everyone you know, permanently. Snapchat is 1:1, and…

Alibaba

It's art!

> Actually doing something effective about a problem sometimes means not doing anything that sounds like solving that specific problem is your real goal. And that's kind of a tough…

Yes! Chaos Theory was my introduction to Tobin as well. As a teenager, I had no interest in music before then, being exposed only to my mom's soft rock CD collections and whatever …

There's usually a team that is directly responsible for the part of the product that generates revenue, and management loves them. Every other team is basically just support and ma…

Not an expert, but if you read any of Keynes, he's basically critiquing classical economics and pointing out some of the ways it fails to explain economic cycles, hence the inventi…

> This rings true. I went to a reasonably well known engineering school, so...some selection for ADHD folks. Can you expand on this. Do you think think engineering schools select f…

A lot of companies directly go against their users to enrich the owners, see Reddit right now. Just the rational move by companies that have established monopolies/oligopolies. Als…

- There is a search cost of finding someone to trade with. Market makers streamline the process by always having a deal available. They might not offer you the best price you could…

Wow, the more insane story to me here is that they flash your face, name, and ID number on a public screen if you're caught jaywalking. How dystopian.

> combining cocaine and alcohol (dramatically/needlessly increases toxicity) Because of cocaethylene? Can't find anything online that makes it clear what the danger is.

No, I agree. It's a slow movie, the acting and writing are kind of bad, and it failed to drive home the themes explored in the book its based on, Do Androids Dream of Electric Shee…

> What does one do with an intellectual life other than swimming through intellectual content? I've found myself in a similar point in life (currently 29). When I was young, everyo…

I shared, and in many ways, still share your sentiment. But, having recently done my first international trip (to Mexico) for about three weeks, I would say my perspective has chan…