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It’s a sad phenomenon. I am assuming you were not very young when you saw that and you had that reaction due to life experience. A young person may not see anything wrong the quest…

At some point humans cannot villainize conversations about population control. Yes, it has social consequences and problems. On the other hand, allowing countries to average 7 chil…

That appears to be a fake quote fabricated decades after that person’s death by an author seeking views.

And yet, there are considerably more drugs here than in China. I think the failure of the war on drugs is more of an example of how ineffective the US government and political syst…

Fivethirtyeight is not even remotely bipartisan. It’s hard to forget Nate’s role in spreading propaganda polls last election cycle and his reaction afterwards when it was clear the…

Totally agree about peeping toms. But, if a company gets to spy on you via their devices with impunity, your politicians representing you get pay bumps.

Nothing is bigotry if there are enough bigots. And, as everyone knows, HN is a one-party site, so I'm not expecting many upvotes.

I remember last year when believing COVID may have come out of a lab made one a crank. It was only on certain news channels or specific papers. Of course, let's also assume there a…

I clicked it. Looks like he's a Republican and a Christian (and has pretty standard opinions for that intersection) who likes to write long political essays. Are you sure he's a nu…

How can anyone read and conclude that the US is anything other than dying and on life support? Our government is ran by corporations, and it is not going to change. Not to say that…

I think this post was fair in 2009, where there was no serious discussions (specifically in the US, certainly many parallels in Europe) over a second civil war or balkanization, a …

I’m sure many peasant farmers living in feudal lands share the same perspective as you on what resources are scarce.

Just wait until smart home/HAR devices become more popular in ~10-20 years. We'll have grids of radar in our homes whose explicit purpose is to track our movements.

It's completely bonkers to claim that "rule of law" in the US protects our privacy from any type of digital intrusion. "cope" might be the right word if you mean "completely ignore…

I’m a bit speechless at this point. I’ve written about 5 posts so far stating that they have a bias, the actual one definitely not clearly articulated, including several you’ve res…

That’s great, and I’m a sea otter because it is so written. Send me a link to the portfolio of everyone who has influence over what gets written and I’ll show you how they decide w…

George’s ideas are interesting to ponder now and then. I’d definitely want to be a billionaire in that system, though, you’d pay pennies on your penthouses split with everyone livi…

Wouldn’t that exacerbate the tech giant problem? Currently their war chests only get opened to vulture up fledgling companies. I’m not saying it can be instantaneously transmuted i…

Yes, I'm familiar. Based on the drivel that comes out of the Economist on a regular basis, I've long made the conclusion that "they" and whomever their close friends are/they vacat…

Who do you believe "their" and "they" specify in regards to the opinions presented?

Yes, I read the article. I'm confused; is this supposed to constitute a rebuttal?

And it’s usually trying to push an agenda, to boot.

I'm most certainly not "taking the position that the actions of some people who follow some version of a religion to be defining for it", and I'm perplexed as to how you reached th…

Then go have a chat with Jimmy Wales about diversifying the political beliefs of his editors. And good luck.

I don't know Antonio García Martínez's ethnicity, but he looks and sounds very much like a straight white male, so I would not consider that a counterexample. Also, certainly there…