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> And that history and that present reality means that many things are not just abstract propositions but are direct threats. Historical context alone does not make a direct threat…

We're discussing the situation in present-day tech culture, mostly with regards to Silicon Valley and the Bay Area as compared to China.

> You're leaving out the part where A whips up a real mob and lynches somebody. Yeah because that hasn't happened, and if it did would be met with universal condemnation and be up …

Well, is twitter actually the problem, though? Twitter's biases are a problem, but that's a separate issue. Twitter can't be expected to prevent all forms of propaganda from its us…

You might agree, but you're both completely wrong. As James Damore proved, the exchange goes like this: A: Statistically speaking, there are some genetic explanations for trends we…

> I keep hearing that from people saying things like... Are you actually hearing that, or are you reading someone else's disingenuous over-simplified interpretation of what someone…

That period did not last. Yes, if you try hard enough and look narrowly enough you can find exceptions to any of these rules, but it holds as a general guideline. If hyperinflation…

Missed it. In my mind I think I lumped it in with divisibility, which is related but not quite the same thing.

I predict the price will continue to rise on average for the next 1-5 years, although it might start slowing. At some point between 10 and 25 years, Bitcoin will experience a major…

Barter is, by definition, an exchange of goods without using money. In other words if you have to barter to get rid of it, it's not currency.

When it hits all of: Acceptability Durability Divisibility Stability Portability (Elasticity) If you can't spend it easily, it's not a (functioning) currency. If it spoils or decay…

It's still far too volatile to be a reasonable currency.

> Sadly, in the real world most silicon for users will be busy rendering a cat trying to fit into a box and then falling over Better than ideological proselytizing and political pr…

> Wow, so you are complaining about, and asking questions to the author of, an article based purely on your perception of its title? He's talking about The Guardian and how he does…

> I sometimes feel like there isn't much alternative to The Guardian I stopped reading The Guardian years ago. A little part of me dies inside every time I see some piece of comple…

I doubt they're manipulating this sort of thing. But, when you're engineering search results to manipulate public perception, you don't just obliterate all of the undesirable conte…

The problem is that people at level 1 are currency for the people who disagree at level 5. High-level partisans on both sides rely on propaganda and rhetoric to sway the lowest com…

This is not the right way to look at the issue. If the low-level data itself can not be made any more convincing, the only real option is to ignore staunch deniers. The right way t…

I don't mind die-hard liberals who are actually open-minded believers in individual rights and equality. The whole white, het, cisgender stuff is coming from intersectional feminis…

> fervently hoping that he won't be true to his campaign proposals. Which ones? The only serious one I oppose is aggressive rounding up of illegals. Others I oppose are relatively …

> And each Trump supporter, no matter what their ideology is, believes that they are the special snowflake who knows what Trump really believes in his heart of hearts. Well I think…

> The problem I have engaging with your argument is that I cannot crawl inside your head to discover what your perceptions of Donald Trump are, and those appear to be the only term…

> I always find it laughable (in a very sad way) when people support a political candidate based on the active belief that they won't actually do what they say. I always find it la…

> I am exhausted by all of the requests Well get un-exhausted and stop pretending not to understand negotiation techniques (this community is primarily about start-ups, is it not?)…

> You realize that a US President merely hinting that we won't defend our NATO allies is a direct path to World War III? You realize that any attempt to implement Hillary's propose…