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> If its wrapper is open, assume it is used. You can only do that safely with single-use items. How about putting the re-usable item in a wrapper so that the same rule can apply.

> These tech companies aren't direct buyers any more than you or me Well, they're (a) further up the supply chain that we are, and (b) have the resources to understand and influenc…

Information, and control . All of the products I can buy may or may not contain this unthetical cobalt. I don't know which, and my personal buying choice doesn't effect anything. W…

If you offer them a better margin to mine in a more ethically palettable way, and any up-front resources to do so, then it's reasonable to assume that they will. I think this quick…

Because the direct buyer is the one who has the most information and the most control. In contrast the end user has almost no information, so punishing them is both unfair and inef…

> I will say though, the problem is one of “standardization” across an organization where it’s too big for everyone to fit in a room. I think you've got a lot of this right (discla…

If you have a point, just make it.

In a world where the median per capita income is $2,920 per year this just pushes us closer to the plot of Elysium. (Gallup 2013)

> Later during a calibration, the signals and the evidences are presented to the interviewing peer group (recruiter, hiring managers, interviewers from other rounds), and pretty mu…

If I understand you correctly I think this is misleading. Discussing candidates after an interview allows social dynamics within the group to distort the signal so you reduce the v…

So your argument is that they should be above examination of their interview process because their investments are doing well? Come on, you're just arguing for the sake of it now. …

> They are much less likely to be similarly biased against irrelevant factors like accents, mannerisms, backgrounds, etc. They're not less biased, they just average out their biase…

So we're agreed that "top 1%" and "upper class" are not interchangable terms.

> You can still avoid most of the effects of a worst-case bias by adding two additional measurements... given 3 who all had the same experience You're right that it's an advantage,…

Presumably there's more to this than comes across in your comment. After all, you don't avoid the unconscious bias of a single mind by adding more minds. That just gives you three …

> The threshhold for being in the top 1% of income is that 99% or more of people make less than you. Clearly I mean the threshold for being upper class a term mentioned in your act…

Thanks a bunch.

Where should that threshold be? Does it move every year due to inflation? I think a more reliable distinction would be whether a person's income predominantly comes from their labo…

> That’s a weird characterization, given that the trend has been in the opposite direction: ... I don't think you've adequately supported that criticism. The article you're citing …

Autocratic countries like... ones that ignore and undermine their own judicial system and appoint family members to positions of power?

This post discusses 'terminological precision' and tries to clarify 'mischaracterisations', which is fair enough, but fails its own litmus test by using terms like 'hate fest' and …

> I personally am concerned about my impact on the environment, but I consistently vote against collective action because articles like this make me really afraid of how crazy peop…

I don't know what their actual budget looks like, but I do know that they're huge and have been making significant changes around digital transformation. That would result in high …

> The two are indistinguishable, unless... So are they indistinguishable or not? Two things can't be a bit indistinguishable.

How would your hypothetical defence mechanism tell which C-suite initiatives are worthwhile, and which are ego driven make-work?