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Some, but right almost certainly a lot less than in previously generations... If one partner made enough to support the whole family and you had kids, then I imagine there are some…

You either do not live in the Bay Area or you are wildly misinformed. The Bay Area's housing crisis is caused by a mix of bad zoning laws and rampant NIMBYism that has blocked enou…

If you have an average tech job and you are single/partnered (w/ dual income) with no kids, you are probably relatively fine as far as affordability goes. If you have kids or livin…

I continue to be amazed that Pinterest is still a thing.

Avatars. The main benefit over videoconferencing today would be meetings for remote collaboration e.g. hard to do remote "brainstorm together on a white board" type meetings remote…

One of the first mainstream, non-gaming applications for VR has got to be meetings.

I don't think their value is in having a "moat", per se. It's just that despite the plethora of options most still suck for whatever reason and based on experience they seem to pro…

If you live in the US, we are living just past the golden age of credit cards rewards...I've not paid for a personal trip (flight or hotel) for maybe 6 years and travel a lot.

We live in a time where international air travel has become ridiculously cheap relative to domestic travel. I regularly see roundtrip flights between SFO and Singapore/HK for ~$600…

Nah. If you believe in crypto, just use the money to buy BTC or something else. The only other situation where I think it could make sense is if you plan to write it off to offset …

Agreed. You can have good trips and bad trips. It is highly dependent on environment and state of mind. The only guarantee is that your ability to change increases due to increased…

It's the racket of big pharma. Ketamine isn't approved for the treatment of depression but Johnson & Johnson's patented Esketamine is. If you want to go the legal route that is you…

Changing yourself due to increased neuroplasticity is a feature, not a bug. That isn't the same thing as "overdosing."

Look at Ketamine...just make some trivial change with no impact to the active part of the chemical and you can patent it.

From my experience, especially with psilocybin (shrooms), the main benefit is not hallocinogenic at all (at a ~2g or so dose) but that it has the effect of basically forcing you to…