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It is supported because it is accepted, especially in places like hacker news, to not be scientifically literate. In fact it is so obviously problematic that you would to a large d…

> If you have no access to better credit, payday loans are often the least-worst option. Just isn't a very relevant argument. The reason you regulate things are because they provid…

It is an important distinction. Contributions pay for employees, taxes pay for a successful society where companies can be successful. When companies end up not paying much tax, th…

I think little of the advice so far is that useful. What happens when you burn out is that you engage in a unsustainable situation, often for some time, until the effect catches up…

I think there are a number of companies building modular homes. IKEA has a join venture with a construction company for example [0]. Just that construction isn't generally the prob…

Right. I am saying that if you take time off you end up being at odds with much of society. You realize that many things, even leisure activities, now only exists in relation to wo…

I am not sure it is. At least not in a bad way. Things like sleeping, eating and showering are universal. There is a quite defined line, in terms of space, where things gets fundam…

I mostly agree and think there are a number of points to be made. 1. There is nothing wrong with living small, but there is a point when every square meter/feet makes a lot of diff…

If you didn't take much vacation you basically cut your own salary by 10% compared to "limited vacation" though?

Not unlikely, which is why I wrote somewhat vaguely. Ironically I don't have time to read your resources at the moment. My point is that there just isn't that much room for other t…

I think that is a very weird conclusion. In Europe, because there is a safety net, there is mostly nothing to "climb out of". Working a menial job and/or playing video games before…

Only a couple of minutes ago you were saying that effort was the measure, not resources or risk. Which are entirely different concepts. I don't really see the point of arguing if w…

I have done similar things and it generally isn't. Or it is getting very hard to make it so. Western society has become much more hierarchical in recent years. It is harder and har…

That is a selective view of the free market. For any company under pressure to succeed there are others whose expertise is extracting, rather than producing, value. Failed projects…

No, it is arguing that it is factually wrong based on prejudice. Most obviously that the groups negative factors aren't inherent and their contributions aren't valued.

Which is essentially the whole argument of the article. For example as summarized in the last paragraph: "Expert knowledge, of course, has an important place in democratic delibera…

Not the mixed market economy as such (though that is losing its meaning as well), but taxing automation. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/sweden-social-democracy-m...

> On-site blue collar jobs are safer, as a percentage. Robots can prefab things in factories, but it will be a long time before automated robots can build or repair anything on-sit…

People in this thread have essentially been saying that in the future we could pay people to do other things. I am saying that we could already do that today. Simplified, basics mi…

I don't see how it can be decoupled. Most programmers have (hopefully) created enough value when in their thirties for basic living the rest of their lives. The reason you can't is…

I don't see it as much of a problem. Unless only a minority gets to enjoy the increase in productivity, which is what we are mostly seeing now.

The problem is that it isn't an income issue. It is a cost issue, which in turn is a power issue. As in who decides what and therefor who society is for. Taking underprivileged peo…

For what it’s worth, Oatly is using Canadian oats in North America.

You do get used to it, but it is also a different experience. Most plant based milks won't be fresh (both in taste and literally) or neutral in taste. If I drink soy milk for awhil…