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Tom, could you please share how you've worked on your emotional wholeness? This is an issue I recognize in myself, but do not know how to begin to heal.

Facebook has this exactly this tool, aka Conversion / Brand Lift [1]. It's a real experimentation system, not a "simulated" one like Google's Ghost Ad. [1] https://www.facebook.com…

Can you talk about how to infer causality without running an experiment? From your description, "real-time processing + auto ML + algorithm" still sounds very much observational to…

What you said regarding US stealing IP from Europe is true. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't take defensive measure. Do defend our IP because that's our self-interest. Don't do i…

What would be other ways to do it (with similar level of efficacy)?

There's one argument with hitting the kids that I don't know to argue with. It goes like this. There are things in life with consequences that are dire yet can only be felt in the …

Isn't a flat tax rate already "proportionate to size and income"? What's the justification for higher tax rate for the rich? I agree that their wealth depends on public infrastruct…

As a young professional who's realized the importance of maintaining a network, I'd love to learn how you stay in touch with your former co-workers. Do you reach out for weekend lu…

Humanities knowledge is just a tool which may and may not be used for good. FAANG already hires tons of humanities and social science PhDs to understand user behaviors. Whether tha…

For readers who may encounter the Arrow's Impossibility Theorem for the first time, its conclusion is shockingly true but also doesn't prescribe doom. There are reasonable alternat…

Thank you! This is fantastic.

Before moving to the Bay, I had hoped that the Bay to America would be like America to the rest of the world. I grew up in a developing country with an authoritarian government. Mo…