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Not a huge loss for the US, but I will probably never go back due to this. Even if you have insurace, your life will be hell for a while due to having to fight your insurance compa…

Perhaps people with addictive tendencies are less likely to become, and stay rich.

That's a very good analogy. Just don't underestimate how quickly the tech can progress in this day and age, I did that mistake myself. Less than two years ago I was very excited ab…

Wii and Kinect sucked because they tried translating predefined motions to button-presses, with no added benefit over pressing that button on a controller. And they weren't particu…

They have a powerful authoritarian regime run by engineers. In cases where there is a need to act quickly and decisively, that is an advantage. No need to convince the public (whic…

I'm not sure those number take into account all the stuff that China is manufacturing for the US, that is not consumed locally. Yes, that CO2 is released in China but it's paid for…

Exactly. services -> art, entertainment, pewdiepie, e-sports? Of course there might be new occupations around the corner, but given that most of every material and cultural need is…

Maybe because the average American pollutes 10 times more than a Chinese

Keep moving the goal posts huh? This is literally science fiction (HAL9000).

The fact that we're even talking about "Discover Weekly" means it's a huge success. That it doesn't work for everybody is another matter.

I'd say Google was hard tech

Wouldn't a better formula be the expected value of the outcome: utility delta * #people * probability of success?

Another view is: I could definitely invest especially the forced pension better myself. The problem is most people would use that money for consumption if they had a choice, and th…

Personally I think 12-24h is perfect for busy people. Will try to convince my friends to try this out with me ;)

> How do you motivate a kid who knows he has a guaranteed job at his parent's investment firm, that has trust portfolios that will support him forever? You don't. And that's why (a…

Spot on. I would also say that one of the most important traits you inherit from your parents is your propensity for taking risks. For example, my parents are very risk-averse whic…

Can anyone recommend a good book on teaching?

Or better, convert it to the opportunity cost of spending it, which is the base price plus all the gains over X years had it been invested instead of spent.

That's because most people (perhaps subconsciously) view the market as zero sum. What goes up must come down.

Spot on. I'm so surprised so see so many close minded tech geeks here on HN. Is it really so difficult to extrapolate from the current of VR tech to a few years out? My guess is mo…

Have you completely missed the HTC Vive?

As a late 20s millennial, what if having a quarter life crisis is actually the sanest thing? Why shouldn't we have a crisis? We live on this earth for some 80 years, most of it whi…