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They shouldn't "blithely step into these very complex issues" but I'd argue they have a moral and societal responsibility to address them seriously and responsibly somehow. I think…

oof, the curmudgeon is strong in the comments here and I think some perspective is required. 1) no one is actually implementing these changes; this is just a design exercise from s…

I'm a little cautious about asking but DGRN? A brief search gave me nothing.

That's a rather extraordinary statement to make without providing any substantiation! I had a quick search around to see what I could find, and I did find a recent tweet from Wikil…

The use of the term "expat" rather than "immigrant" is interesting. I read a piece in the guardian the other day which framed that distinction in terms of white vs non-white ( http…

All a bit petty and grubby isn't it? I don't think the claims of libel or defamation really hold much water given the evidence presented (I am not a lawyer), but it seems to me DOs…

I read that as a typo, i.e. "not" -> "now"?

But by that argument someone who carried out a sustained stalking campaign against someone might actually be guilty of just standing in places. I don't think it's necessarily the m…

Minor nitpick, but I'm not also not sure I buy the argument that a group that any member can add other members to, automatically and always gets better over time. I don't have any …

Wait, what? Now I'm confused about how I've been saying libre. Isn't it a french/spanish word anyway (same word different pronunciation)? Which non-native english speakers are you …

Yeah but this wouldn't address the key problem outlined in the article. The issue this is trying to tackle is that of people being forced to pay bribes for things they are legally,…

this is a bit of a dumb comment I think; it's a bit like saying you've known people who've headed a soccer ball repeatedly every weekend for years, so you find it hard to believe t…

Snowcrash is fun but doesn't have anyhere near the depth of his later books. Cryptonomicon is fantastic, you shouldn't let the first one of the System of the World put you off, and…

I think 'legal tender' doesn't mean what people think it means; I heard some lawyer talking about this on the radio the other day: I don't remember exactly, but the gist was that t…