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justalanm

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    Comment #29933532

    Thanks for the tip, I can suggest (after getting some introductory anthropology reading) this as well https://www.amazon.it/Debt-First-5-000-Years/dp/1612194192

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    Comment #29933409

    > Our society has given up on that That's the point when I say: "you've given up on that", meaning that some societies have moved to something else, but there are many in the world…

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    Comment #29933299

    Not really, can I print money to get food? So, not free, it's just an illusion, at least for 99% of the people.

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    Comment #29933245

    > In earlier times, in hunter gatherer societies, food was scarce and work was important. But today, you cannot tell people that working in fast food or in customer support is mand…

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    Comment #29933189

    Abolish "mandatory" work. Now you can keep working if you want to. It was easy.

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    Comment #24884955

    That's the point, you're not talking about money, but about debt and risk (people always forget about risk and insurance). What there is to know about credit cards, really? I pay s…

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    Comment #24877692

    Finance doesn't create value, most of the times actually destroys it. Moreover, you're looking at this with a clearly US-centric perspective, in many other countries we don't need …

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    Scicloj presents: exploit the power of Python libraries from Clojure

    Hey everyone! I'd like to let you know that on Thursday scicloj will have a gathering about: - libpython-clj (https://github.com/cnuernber/libpython-clj): a way to natively access …