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When it became blindingly apparent that mining diamonds, gold and rare earth metals was proving harmful to societies (pollution, war etc.) countries put into place regulation to en…

Is anyone surprised?

Not sure this is particularly true, it took the US 6 years from 2008 to recover all the jobs lost in the recession [0]. I would assume the bulk of those were low-skilled, manufactu…

Assuming this forum has enough clout to swing the price of BTC is probably a bit of an overstatement...

I think the crux here is that decriminalising/legalising the use of drugs such as heroin would not make them more widespread and ubiquitous. Despite being illegal they are still so…

We should gauge our society on how we treat our most vulnerable people, and if this is how people want to shape our society then stop the train and let me get off. Locking up vulne…

I don’t know where either of the London-based commenters go shopping but all staff are legally required to wear masks at shops in the U.K.

Building regulations in the Uk mandate a minimum standard of fabric energy efficiency regardless of location, both for renovations and for new builds. The Greater London Authority …

The R number is in essence the driver of this pandemic. But like you say the published figure is at best a conservative estimate and at worst an educated guess. Imo the way it’s re…