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I'm not sure how the approach you're proposing addresses the example JackFr offers. One reason is that the exam still results in disparate outcomes -- it only tests basic skills --…

That is true; but that is also something fundamentally different.

There are plenty of protections against private entities in the US legal system -- other people, corporations and organizations. Those were not the issues the founders were trying …

Yes, there is a separate, harder procedure for changing the Constitution of the United States -- but that procedure is also a vote.

The page you link contains many interesting examples; but many of them are simply cases of making the vote harder -- requiring unanimous consent to change English-French bilinguali…

Everything in the US Constitution is amendable, though -- in other words, the whole Constitution can be changed with a vote. The US is founded on certain ideas about natural rights…

I don't understand how it is that the EU Parliaments votes to reject legislation. Presumably, this is not the default for most rules. Is this some special class of rule -- put toge…

I'm not sure any country actually has a Constitution with rights that are not up for a vote. There is generally a separate, harder procedure for changing the "basic law" or Constit…

It can be in their interest if their model assumes certain revenue from sales and service. Most brands of cars can be repaired by independent technicians. Toyotas are more valuable…

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#1750s It's tim…

It seems like you're saying, that PE, landlords, &c, are in a market where a landowner can hold on to property, not rent it out or put it to other productive use, and still make mo…

I interpreted it to mean, it was much harder than something else -- than another approach. But I couldn't figure out what other approach they had in mind.

Host-to-VM communication uses vsock . Conceptually simple but In practice, much harder to implement. Much harder than what?

Most of Europe post-war was very poor. I'm not sure the trend could go back as far as that. How are you weighing the trend you highlight relative to overall long run success of pri…

Because a PE can have longer time horizons than a landlord or a real estate company?

Nothing -- but the crazy thing is that people vote for it, not that landlords support it.

Consumption is a kind of voting in the economy, I suppose; but the economy is heavily geared towards making things that regular people want. How many Corollas are there for every B…

When a PE fund buys an apartment building, isn't that really competing with landlords, not renters? The PE fund is not living in the apartment -- they have to try to rent it out, a…

This is potentially a long conversation; but why would you start with rankings like this, which only go back a relatively short time? Broadly speaking, human welfare got a lot bett…

Wealthy people pay a lot of taxes in the USA. If they aren't routinely avoiding paying income tax and taxes in general, how could that be the point? It may be more realistic to vie…

If those with assets keep accruing more assets the median person will suffer. How will they suffer? The people with assets, to realize a benefit from them, have to spend money. If …

I'm not sure how there is a societal problem with "run-away levels of wealth". We have societal problems around food costs, housing costs, healthcare costs, &c; but people with ext…

Thank you for offering this take -- it is the only forward looking one. The anonymous internet is going away -- it is too supportive of crime and various kinds of gray area miscond…

Wow! https://seeingmachines.com/understanding-driver-drowsiness-a... Since July 2022, Driver Drowsiness and Attention Warning (DDAW) systems have been required in all new vehicle t…

The old, open web is too easy to attack and that is part of what has led sites to adopt technologies like this. I hope there are better solutions than everyone-is-their-GoogleID, b…