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"there are, obviously, many better ways to keep up with news than Facebook" Such as? Except for Twitter, I don't really know any? I'd love to have a trustworthy source for curated …

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Isn't everything already published in the digits of Pi?

You assume it is as effective as onsite work, just like that? If that was the case, why haven't remote work companies trounced on site work companies en masse?

It is implied by "feminist minded".

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Like a horrible place full of loathing and self-pity.

Somebody else earning more than you is not a monster that will eat you, though.

If they would open offices elsewhere, they would drive prices up there, too. In fact here in Berlin they cancelled their plans after protests by the locals.

For example.

We are in a thread about the claim that "As long as annual compensation doesn't let you own a house outright in 5 years in the same area as your place of work, then there is more w…

Well the people living there can vote, can't they? I don't see how it is corporate responsibility. Corporations can't vote. Yes, the corporations are contributing to rent jumps, bu…

Isn't forming a union creating a "us versus them" situation?

As if companies determine the price for housing. With Sillicon Valley wages, you could easily afford housing within 5 years somewhere else. It is not companies' fault that housing …

You can always start your own company if you are unhappy about other companies' conduct.

Condolences

Which is? People crave Socialism?

Even 10 years ago, normal cars had doors that line up, and proper paint jobs.

Just because people barter or keep scores, it doesn't mean they can't do other things, like be nice or give gifts occasionally. Honestly, to cut the discussion short: do you have k…

Again, economic theories don't need to be taken literal, they are simplified models. Just because somebody helps somebody else in need without immediately expecting a carrot in ret…

Anecdotal evidence :-) There are all sorts of societies, or were, throughout history. I remember reading about one where they didn't have the concept of ownership of things. But it…

You don't need to barter 1:1 every time. Of course you can track of what people owe you, roughly. Maybe specific bartering gets more important with bigger societies, when it is not…

I'm sure in the average gift economy, people had a sense of value, and whether they were getting screwed over, too. Graeber is an interesting guy, but he is also a Socialist with a…

"On paper, this sounds a bit like delayed barter, but it bears some significant differences." Yeah sorry, but it is a barter economy. They only frame it differently to get their pa…

Referring to this, for example: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxenxx/mozilla-wants-youn...