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Interestingly, the invention of the printing press, a clear analogous technology to AI, was directly linked to the schism and creation of the protestant and reformation movement an…

Absolutely. Also, kids end up helping you focus on the travel, experiences and things that are truly worthwhile. You drop a lot of activities and TV and other activities that was f…

I use Instapaper for articles, videos and more. Does not work for dynamic web apps obviously.

The projections you are referring to are out of date. We are already well below replacement rates globally.

Population implosion is going to be the biggest problem of our lives. It is one of those issues that creeps up progressively (like Global Warming), but will have cataclysmic impact…

lol

Good luck

The comments below echo what I think. We are social animals, deal with it.

It's a bit paradoxical. I have a tech company and most staff want to come to the office 1 day a week. Getting them to come is very tough. Many of my staff and friends don't want to…

We use an external firm. Works great.

Breather tried to do that out of Montreal and went bankrupt this year, not sure how much overlap there is with your system.

Definitely agree.

America is built mostly on immigrant work ethic, vast amount of arable land, no bordering enemies and the collapse of the european powers. Not sure america is that special, just lu…

Yeah, probably true. My background is Jewish European and there is an obvious streak of self-improvement in that culture (or at least, there used to be....)

As a Canadian and a French citizen, America definitely has this puritan streak of trying to be the best person you can be - or the purest you can be. Work harder, drink less, exerc…

I have had my remarkable 2 for a month and really love it. It replaces paper and annotating paper PDFs. It is simple and easy to use. If you currently take notes or write paper PDF…

America is so blinded by their love of free speech they fail to see that most countries operate quite well with modest limits on speech. If American style free speech were so great…

What a surprise!

Clarification: I meant rule of law broadly speaking as a human invention (like science and medicine), not specific to China. Sorry for the confusion.

I meant rule of law broadly speaking as a human invention, not specific to China. Sorry for the confusion. Pssst.... See Irak, invasion.

Not sure how many of the people on this thread have actually been or lived in China. I have lived there about 2 years and travelled fairly extensively. I cannot speak to these spec…

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Picketty Both dramatically formed by world view.

I tried it for 1 month, it is genuinely great, just kind of expensive considering all the pretty good free email apps out there. It is nice for me (CEO), but buying this in additio…