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whendoyoushrink

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    Comment #35319695

    You just skipped down the levels of abstractions in a way that does not address the OP's point. > you see someone say something you find deeply objectionable, like "I support affir…

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    Comment #35024750

    And they were right for 35 of those years. Will they be right or wrong in the next 35? Wealth is a headwind against bad policy. Rich nations can survive many, many bad policies sim…

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    Comment #35024518

    Can you clarify what is "the market"? The stock market? The economy?

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    Comment #34449424

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_c... > Household Disposable Income per capita (including social transfers in kind) 1 United States 62,300 19 New Zealand …

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    Comment #34449374

    "Massively and quickly" seems optimistic. USSR grew at or below the rate of most European economies post war: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Soviet_U...

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    Comment #34256631

    I scrolled through this expecting to see a comment that this was just a mistake where someone forgot - after 2 years of a pandemic - to update their address, or the complete opposi…

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    Comment #34112558

    While that sounds tough, that's not a smart negotiation plan at all. The negotiation will be more beneficial with a scale, based on traded info, that more resembles: "Your life is …

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    Comment #33951103

    Standard TOS contract anyone can use, and any variations need individual sign off and consent per point. Sites would then need to decide how many variations to enact, knowing full …

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    Comment #33847659

    I wish we'd move away from "truth" and uses "facts" and "conclusions" instead. Most really bad ideas take incorrect facts, and use them to draw tenuous conclusions. The examples in…

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    Comment #33620231

    "Doing good better" was the book title, and I think better defines the goal well. Not perfect, better. The choices that people make with giving often have no framework for deciding…

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    Comment #33619679

    Strange the site is still up and running - does that mean it this is less voluntary? Or that they staff work in an inconvenient timezone?