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I'm a big proponant of the idea that what we really need is more valuable shit to do. Higher demand is part of this, so Keynesian approach would help. But we really, IMO, just need…

It used to be that you bought a license. Now you rent one.

You are literally the first person on the internet I've ever seen to believe this. Everyone either doesn't know the concept at all, or knows it to be more or less exactly what open…

Or by people who recognize trolls and no value comments.

I changed my thinking on this after playing the game democracy 3. There are lots of ways to dramatically decrease co2 production, and a lot of ways to keep production minimal. My f…

Hobbies, friends, summer school, cheap or free youth groups, parent sponsered events...

Wouldn't it be a better idea to have unions, and have them negotiate shared ownership? It seems that some people have already solved the problem with dividends in companies they ow…

Not necessarily. Golf is a very highly white dominated sport. This I'd not because of racism by anyone choosing golfers for tournaments. Its note likely in my estimation to be beca…

And with it you can steal an identity.

Depression and anxiety are by definition not ideal physcological health. And almost no ones social needs are ever truly completely met. we also know already that social support hel…

Social security number is step 1? Then you likely have bigger problems then your gmail. If your in a position that this actually is a big problem, get a private email server and gp…

As I read this, its not a hypothesis, nor is it a theory. Its just a long value statement about how to think about what's going on. You can accept or ignore this, and it won't chan…

This article started badly and went worse. Needs a LOT of intellectual rigor. Evolution hypothesis wasn't tested, study wasn't very useful at disproving anything or solidly claimin…

The highest age was about the same, but they were more likely to die at every age than we are today. A 40 year old still could expect a shorter average life than a 40 year old toda…

... did I just read a rant about how enjoyability and simplicity are NOT aesthetics?

The story is that the last piece of advice jobs gave tim was to do what he thought was right. I don't think he's trying to be a martyr or anything, but I bet he's trying to do what…

Dialysis machines are really crappy compared to kidneys. And first dialysis machines were worse again

Had an indergrad ecology course to teach me this. The first 4 labs were plug and chug equations sampling a square with computer generated randomly placed dots. All we had to do is …

But not in AOL servers, or yahoo. Private servers can be set up pretty freaking well for security. Not sure how hers were setup though.

If its the Ancestor of orangutan, then how is it extinct?

I have a problem when people call tax burdens fair. There are so many ways to define fair its rediculous and has no solid meaning. Also, on that note, its not logically possible to…

I too would be happy if I got every service the government offers for a cheaper price.

Depends, what is your definition of "worked". Mercantalism was actually successful in many ways.