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Define sentient entities

Why should students be forced to use such outdated technology? If we are trying to teach students how to work in the real world, shouldn't we let them use computers that they would…

Vice laws

It used to be 90% of the population was working to produce food, now its around 1% and decreasing with increasing efficiency. So it is an increasingly negligible amount of labor ne…

>You are saying it isn't my right to consume what I choose? That's what the law says actually. Not trying to be snide here but unfortunately the law does not allow for sovereign do…

>if it's only unconsciously influencing me a tiny amount If it is unconsciously influencing you how would you know if it is only doing so "a tiny amount"?

>At the moment the problem in the US is labor scarcity. Robots haven't replaced these jobs, these jobs just don't get done. Labor scarcity in the sense that there's not enough peop…

It's really about being able to match growth with sustainability.

The measurement problem, if by quantitative you mean "relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something". There is no consistent mathematical standard of measurement…

In my university finance classes we were forced to use calculators that were invented in 1976[1] to run calculations on formulas we had to memorize that could easily have been auto…

I think the author is referring to increasingly distributed networks as opposed to the more centralized legacy networks. So electric networks vs. Paper based networks.

They gave up because of general lack of opportunity.

>The self-titled militia organizations, however, use a warped view of history that glorifies their role in the American Revolution As a proponent of non-violence I have no real sup…

Against zombies

>The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propagand…

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead

"He who knows enough is enough will always have enough" -Lao Tzu Yes, I would agree that implementing a basic income is not a problem of technical feasibility or lack of resources …

Growth for the sake of growth is cancer

Yes, some people will be able to pay off the loan + interest but this anecdote ignores the others that by design cannot. As Hörmann explains, the amount of money in existence + the…

I am familiar with the credit-theory of money as opposed to the debt-theory which we currently use. David Graeber explains it in Debt: The First 5,000 Years [1], for anyone interes…

While it is a two-way street (both parties "agree"), what I'm saying is that in an honest, straightforward arrangement people should not be contractually obligated to run in the ra…

No. That would take infinite time to comprehend, right?

Is there matter with no space in it?

Basic income is an idea which has been made practical due to electric automation. Why is it then that everyone assumes the surplus created by electric automation should be distribu…