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The problem is that many wouldn't believe it if they were told (i.e. "this is what big tech wants me to think"). This is essentially what happened when Facebook and Twitter informe…

> But how much of social media is real? One of the biggest problems with social media is the fact that social media companies are financially incentivized to keep the public at lar…

The vast majority of tech workers that receive equity stakes in pre-IPO/acquisition companies don't ever see any financial windfall from their stakes. These guys will be just fine.…

This is so true, and it doesn't get discussed enough. Folks like Medhi Hassan and Jonathan Swan are a completely different kind of journalist than most of the folks that occupy the…

> Doesn't the popularity of his content suggest that Americans are very interested in higher level discourse, but have long been denied it? This is probably true to degree, althoug…

Nonprofit news organizations are a thing and I've been incredibly positive about their future (full disclosure: I used to work for a nonprofit publication). The nonprofit model enc…

Not at all! Nothing to apologize for, I remember when that whole situation blew up very well. And I completely agree with you.

Yeah, I meant to add the caveat that it was one of the most publicly notable government energy investments for the simple fact that it ended up in scandal, since many aren't even a…

Solar didn't magically just appear on the market at a lower price point than carbon-based resources though, it had to go through several iterations which required significant inves…

Freedom of speech as laid out in the 1st amendment protects individuals from being arrested or censored by the government for speech. It does not protect individuals who violate th…

It's really interesting to see other folks' digital minimalism setups. > It’s all well and good removing all social apps from your phone, but if the strong desire is still there to…

Speech in the US has always had limits, the idea that America has pushed for completely unlimited free speech is not true, and incitement and false statements of fact are some of t…

> He entered into a contract with Twitter, broke it, and Twitter ended things on their side. I agree, and I'm not saying that Twitter acted in the wrong here. Imagine a hypothetica…

Most of the discussion seems to be centered around freedom of speech and enabling dissenting voices, no matter how violent, but I think we're missing the bigger picture here. This …

Culturally, we aren't taught to think critically enough about how businesses operate. In an environment that espouses entrepreneurship to the max, we don't spend enough time talkin…

> I know I want to spend as little time as possible thinking about sales and marketing, and just focus on improving my product and making my customers happy. That's fine and unders…

> But on the flip side, I've observed a lot of restaurant owners not having the time, energy, or know-how to set up even basic online things that could really boost their business.…

> This is a major flaw in how many bitcoiners imagine post-apocalyptic scenarios. They assume that when the USD and society collapses they'll be able to do and buy anything because…

The frustrating thing about this is that they’re not necessarily off the mark in terms of the existence of political corruption. When you look at how lobbying works in the US, it’s…

Attitudes like this contributed to the last crash. I sincerely hope that this is a joke, because it’s an incredibly stupid thing to do.

Not OP, but I have a Hey account and I really enjoy it. The screener feature is worth the price alone IMO. The biggest challenge for me was having to re-conceptualize email after s…

I got into the Hey beta, wound up purchasing it and I haven't had any performance issues to speak of. I'm curious to know what their setup is.

Same, I tried it and was disappointed in the results. Nobody is better-positioned to wirelessly integrate the iPhone camera and a Mac better than Apple is, and it would encourage f…

Tangent: I really wish that Apple would make it easier to use the iPhone camera as a webcam when using a Mac. It would be a killer feature since so many people are in the ecosystem…