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>The Success Sequence is bunk, here's some reading on it[1] but the basic idea is that in those three points you laid out number 3 does basically all the explanatory work, number o…

>Having problems fixing poverty? Really it's the fact that no good jobs will hire us. There are only 3 things you need to do in order to not be permanently poor in the US - 1. Grad…

It is interesting, it seems like the default position is "Every complaint is legitimate". There are no specifics given so we're left to speculate and land wherever our own bias ten…

Not having health insurance is different from not being able to access healthcare. Everyone in the US is entitled to healthcare regardless of their ability to pay. I don't really k…

>"I can win if I just work harder/emulate those more successful than I -- ultimately I'm in control and nothing else matters" While obviously there are things outside individual's …

>It's already had plenty of time to compound over generations, to whatever extent it does. I'm not sure what you mean, most westerners don't make a habit of marrying their cousins.…

I did take calculus in high school, but I barely remember it. So I don't understand your notation, if you could explain in a bit more layman terms it would be great. As I understan…

Unfortunately there might be an argument for some form of genetic inferiority. Considering how many first cousin marriages there are in certain Muslim communities. [0] >Although Br…

>When I went to school there was a pretty high number of second generation muslim immigrants, but even there you already saw their strict values eroding. I certainly wouldn't take …

My own personal theory is that the GDPR was going through and the big players didn't fight too much knowing this was going to come through soon as well. They have the ability to co…

Where did you see that Greyhound said no such event occurred? When searching for it all I see are articles that only cite the Facebook post as proof. There are no videos from any p…

>But this “believe the victim first” mentality came about as an inverse to the “give the accused the benefit of the doubt” mentality because the latter suppressed the former’s cred…

I don't read Breitbart, nor do I particularly care what they do. I'm not sure what was done by the company that was illegal?

Strange that you view it this way. I'm not extremely familiar with the case, but how I remember it is Gawker published a sex tape of Hulk Hogan and refused to take it down. While a…

Perhaps they feel an undue pressure to do something like this. There are some people in these threads that definitely find it out of the norm. [0] It very well could be people who …

Seems like charging a specific fee might help alleviate some of the concerns about that. Though I suppose you still need to know how much money you should charge. I really hate est…

I'd encourage you to amend "equality of opportunity" to "equality of opportunity under the law". I've seen too many people try to argue that if we want equality of opportunity we s…

So you don't agree with the Freakanomics theory that it is a result of Roe Vs Wade?

By arguing what the role of government should be. If the role of government is to protect property rights, it needs to be able to defend the country from foreign invasion. Typicall…

Yeah, but it begs the question, why would anyone want BAT tokens?

As of 2012 food costs as a % of spending are the lowest in the US than anywhere else in the world. [0] During the Obama administration there was a massive increase in enrollment wi…

Sure, that's the ideal situation. Paying no tax and having high property values. Ultimately I'd assume you still want the property to be worth more than what you paid for it. You a…

That's true, it is just difficult to know what level of expertise your users are at and what responsibility do you have to educate them?

With property taxes though, don't the incentives for government and property owners align in the desire for higher property values?

It is tough because there definitely are people who are very nervous about trying things on a computer. We just had a lady today worried about using a Mac as she is used to Windows…