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The money they’re printing isn’t being circulated because people are keeping it in their bank accounts and reducing spending. I think we’re in for something when things return to n…

I’ve seen this a lot with professors of industry-focused business schools in universities. I think they’re either getting funding / paid or using the connections to pull strings. T…

Narcissism isn’t necessarily characterized by strength even though we imagine the quintessential narcissist people to be “strong” and “driven”. That may be true in their profession…

A lot of these seem tied to narcissism in some way. Not that it’s a bad thing but there are a lot of secondary effects of prioritizing ones “success” over all other things like rel…

Well, they wouldn't be looking for Earth specifically, they'd be looking for more resources which are everywhere. An intelligent and energy-hungry enough species would want to harn…

I'm not so confident we're in the top 20%. Our galaxy is middle-aged. Our star is only 4.6 billion years old in a galaxy that is 13.51 billion years. There were several stars that …

Ceres is one of the more interesting candidates for life in our solar system. Ceres is in the habitable zone for our solar system (although just barely), it's surface temperature i…

It's like if Stanford brought a picture of an L5 self driving car to the DARPA grand challenge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Mask_League_of_San_Franci... I really don't think people have changed in 100 years, they will always complain. We just need to do it anyways.

On the other hand.. the overreach of the executive branch is a response to the political deadlock in the legislative branch. If we end up in a situation where neither branch can re…

The big issue seems to be that companies don’t know how long this version of NAFTA will last. If Biden becomes the next president and signals support for keeping the agreement the …

Anyone think this is an additional factor in the Fermi paradox? i.e planets that are too small can’t support a strong atmosphere and life. Planets that are too big make space trave…

The US also gets a larger share of its energy from oil relative to coal. With the shale boom, oils become cheaper and more reliable in the US and burns more cleanly than coal.

Also, what number of drones. At why point does a swarm become a WMD? To me, it’s more about intelligence than numbers. You could have a single rocket but if it’s smart enough to ev…

I used this website in my last round of interviewing. The interviewers were hit or miss but I definitely got a lot out of it.

People who are already wealthy could also store their wealth in something like gold and convert to the dollar only when needed which means their effective tax rate is 0. The fed wo…

I agree that there is a general backlash against AirBnb in certain locales but this was a risk before COVID too. I don't see how COVID would compel cities to move FASTER to ban sho…

Those industries would also be hurting less which means a smaller discount. Meanwhile, long-term prospects for AirBnb have not changed. Disease existed before COVID and will exist …

Acquisition target IMO. While AirBnb bleeds, the FANGs continue to pile up cash. Google, Facebook, and Apple all have enough cash to buy several AirBnbs rn.

Ya, and they were diversifying into tourism which is also bust. I’m sure they’ll survive though. Their wealth is in the trillions.

Business schools teach what will be relevant on the job. If large corporate bankruptcies were an issue, MBA programs would teach it.

They absolutely should have runway and understand the risk they are taking when investing in companies with negative margins and hedge their bets early. If they know the government…

This was immediately after they mentioned 95% of Fortune 500, etc. so I assumed market size. But, maybe that was the intention without giving any details. We’ll never know until of…

> Even if you believe that Amazon may have started as the front runner, it’s clear our team worked hard to catch up and surpass them by investing in our technology and listening to…

Not everyone has the choice, especially in a place like the Bay Area with incredibly high rents near job centers.