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> With this in mind, smoking should be commenced at as young an age as is reasonably possible. Children who have not yet developed a pincer grasp might require modified cigarette h…

People of California, what do you see in her.?.?.? Why keep electing?

> They expanded the search to include other Germanic relatives, such as Icelandic and older forms of German, to shed light on Old English. Interesting, is this 17th century German …

Book was more oriented to explaining world class performance not high school or college. It made a pretty convincing case by going through some really famous examples of excellent …

I remember PH having the same issue. Do payment processors take on liability for facilitating sexual content that is illegal in some way? Is it a PR thing? Is mastercard owned by t…

Yeah these findings remind me of a passage from the book "Talent Is Overrated". Thesis of the book is that world class talent is mostly due to hard work over innate ability. He sup…

> the current fuel density in much of the Sierra, mixed with the hotter, drier conditions already triggered by climate change, has made managing wildfire even riskier than it was w…

Not sure how valid but I think a case from this hypothesized Chinese Government perspective can be made even without criticizing Netflix itself. When Hollywood was built in the 192…

Yeah the theory seems to only explain interiority of our consciousness. But if I recall the author does seem to cover critiques like this in the first chapter where he explains wha…

> No reason to be wary of recreational use. No more so than you might of caffeine You should be wary of caffeine use, especially if your culture does not have any rules about its u…

> You need a bit of arrogance to think cannabis is on your side and you can dominate it, as I witnessed myself when I started stumbling as a teenager. I have had similar experience…

Seems like we are leaving the cultural moment that presented Marijuana as a glorious panacea which would open your third eye if only you let go of your fear. Our culture was so sca…

This was a great read. The history of human cognition is obviously fascinating and there is a lot written on subject for me to devour which is great. But what about his thoughts on…

The theory states that our consciousness is a linguistic phenomenon, produced by culturally given ideas like the metaphorical I. Maybe other mental configurations could give rise t…

I am not arguing that expiring currency is unprecedented. Further, I am aware governments have had control over the money supply for thousands of years. Main thing that worries me …

> The money itself is programmable. Beijing has tested expiration dates to encourage users to spend it quickly, for times when the economy needs a jump start. Yikes, that is a lot …

Definitely agree that the fall of the West is best understood as a consequence of the civil instability/war. I also think it is probable the successor states where most likely bett…