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All of the downsides you mention are not that bad in my opinion. I don't feel bad that people buy a legacy. I believe that a legacy of being a massive philanthropist is a legacy wo…

The drilling mud used to lubricate the equipment was a clay called bentonite with small amounts of a polymer additive, according to Facebook. It’s biodegradable and nontoxic, the c…

Modeling the growth does not change the results in any way that makes the tax seem more favorable. Taxing away 1% of an asset that grows 0% every year leaves 45% of the assets that…

It has a smell of irony but I'm missing the reference :(

I'm going to read my children a picture book titled "Scraggles the Puppy Explores the Forest of Simulated Annealing."

I'm fairly convinced that the safety features that have been making the A pillars and C pillars of passenger cars thicker in recent years have heavily contributed to the trend of g…

There's a lot of art out there in the world. A whole, whole lot. If you want to make something artistically creative for people to watch, listen to, or read, you are competing with…

The market you want to target is people who aren't software engineers but want to run a simple website. The gulf for someone who just wants to serve a static html site but wants to…

There are examples that don't side-step the conversation. Should it be required to wear a helmet when you are riding a motorcycle, for example? That's a pretty direct example that …

In a broad sense indirect harm is OK. There are many activities that result in indirect harm. The argument about which should be banned should focus on the amount of harm and the d…

A couple of reasons: -As people grow old, they are economically dependent upon people younger than them. -A growing population goes hand-in-hand with a growing economy. This tends …