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While I broadly agree that things don't usually change how we expect, I do think the near future could invert that somewhat. If we look at you examples of failed predictions: > dom…

You don't understand the premise. The Parent is pointing out that taxation of working people is used to fund the care of others. Low (human) employment breaks that system. Having a…

The actual fake news problem is purely a product of the internet though. Traditional media often contains biases of some kind, it's inevitable, but good journalists genuinely try t…

I think this is the key difference. Conventional wars, regardless of the weapons, are awful, but they take time, and resources, and constant decision making. Things can change, one…

Having a child when you don't already have the capacity to adequately support both them AND yourselves (financially and emotionally) is one of the most selfish things you can do.

Twitter had plenty of competition. All existing social media was competition for Twitter. Email was competition for Twitter. Competition isn't about some other founder doing the sa…

This article is from 1999 though. It's probably wrong for 2016, but that's to be expected.

Nobody implied you were talking about US citizens. The parent comment is valid when taking about the 'US oligarchy' too.

What's to stop you stealing anything?

I've seen a number of British comedians make similar statements. American audiences want their comic lead to be the cool guy making witty remarks, British audiences want the lead t…

Ecosystem: a complex network or interconnected system.

Clearly you haven't been paying attention

What about forced updates makes them bullies? Or are you just generally angry?

It explains the cooking oil rise in the article as: "a change in reporting to the Census Bureau"

I wouldn't be surprised if for lots of the content like this the UK is actually in the worst group. The example that is currently annoying me: Sky has an exclusive deal with HBO fo…

I think the existence of Pictionary as a game is a decent example of this.

For what it's worth, the entire civilised world agrees with you.

Maybe, but on the flip side, I finished Uni with about £20k debt, in the most benign from that debt can take, and working in software I immediately earned more than that per year. …

What truly interests me is the idea that, potentially within our lifetimes, we will be forced to admit that there is no longer enough gainful work for all humans to have traditiona…

Parent didn't say anything about religion. Religion does not have a monopoly on basic human decency.

I think writing notes helps us remember things because we're concentrating on the information being recorded, and because in order to record it we are forced to create a well struc…

Tangentially related, but Black Mirror has a great episode which covers a similar premise to your 'contact lens size HoloLens' one. Basically everything you see is recorded, and yo…

Sure, if you mis-frame it like this then the truck option looks better. But then, most crimes are actually really easy to pull off. It's what comes after the crime that actually ma…

I have no idea how you could get that second interpretation from what he said. And the perspective is clearly inherited from the parent comment, who didn't mention being "on board"…

Read the post you're replying to plz. "But anyway Batman always has a plan in taking down any super powered being in case they go rouge or mind controlled. He stores them on his co…