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Re: Ask HN: If you could 'reinvent' anything what would it be?

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Post by jacquesm »

SwellJoe wrote: post #24

The music industry. Some of the practices and licensing processes date back to before recorded music existed. Publishing, mechanical, and performance rights, as well as royalty organizations like ASCAP/BMI/etc., are all more than a little strange in a world with the Internet. And, I don't think I even need to explain why the major labels should go to hell.

Don't worry too much about it, this will take care of itself soon enough. Give them enough rope and I'm sure they'll find a creative way to use it.

Re: Ask HN: If you could 'reinvent' anything what would it be?

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Post by halo »

lionhearted wrote: post #3

Is it cheating to pick an international policy? I'd like to see completely open borders for non-criminals across the world, with no restrictions on working, schooling, relationships, or associations. Go where you like, when you like, unrestricted, without needing permission from anyone.

I'm honestly surprised that there has been no attempt to form an open-worker policy among a group of more developed nations, similar to the one the EU has.

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Post by csomar »

jacquesm wrote: post #26
lionhearted wrote: post #3

Is it cheating to pick an international policy? I'd like to see completely open borders for non-criminals across the world, with no restrictions on working, schooling, relationships, or associations. Go where you like, when you like, unrestricted, without needing permission from anyone.

It's not cheating (hey, this is hacker news right, and part of hacking is to 'bend the rules' a bit every now and then) and I think it is a fantastic idea. There is nothing that pisses me off more than one human standing in front of another saying they can't go somewhere. This planet belongs to none of us. As long as somebody does no actual harm to it they should be free to go anywhere. Borders are one of the worst i…

No one will refuse the idea of Open Borders; if the borders where opened in his face!

Re: Ask HN: If you could 'reinvent' anything what would it be?

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Post by jacquesm »

csomar wrote: post #22
lionhearted wrote: post #3

Is it cheating to pick an international policy? I'd like to see completely open borders for non-criminals across the world, with no restrictions on working, schooling, relationships, or associations. Go where you like, when you like, unrestricted, without needing permission from anyone.

You are talking about Open-Globalization. This is not possible, since countries are not all allies. May be in the future, when a country have all power over the others; or all the countries have the same power.

You are absolutely right, but it clearly shows that countries have too much control over their citizens.

Re: Ask HN: If you could 'reinvent' anything what would it be?

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Post by david927 »

jrockway wrote: post #29
mc wrote: post #19

Human travel. You know those moving walkways (Trav O lators?) that they have in airports to speed up travelers? I'd place those everywhere. Want to go to the grocery store? Walk there in 5 minutes. Living in LA and need to visit SF for the weekend? Get off your ass and walk there. The thing that bugs me most about cars, in addition to wasting gas, is that they're isolating devices. They prevent me from admiring scene…

Want to go to the grocery store? Walk there in 5 minutes. It's called a bicycle. (It also makes it significantly easier to bring 50 pounds of groceries home; saving you from having walk there before every meal.)

It's called a bicycle

No, it's called elimination of zoning laws.

Re: Ask HN: If you could 'reinvent' anything what would it be?

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Post by jrockway »

david927 wrote: post #35
jrockway wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Want to go to the grocery store? Walk there in 5 minutes. It's called a bicycle. (It also makes it significantly easier to bring 50 pounds of groceries home; saving you from having walk there before every meal.)

It's called a bicycle No, it's called elimination of zoning laws.

This seems to be a problem with the suburbs. If you want to live within walking distance to the grocery store, move to somewhere within walking distance of the grocery store. I can walk to three (different chains), and take the L to one more. (I still take my bike, though, much easier!)

Re: Ask HN: If you could 'reinvent' anything what would it be?

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Post by noblethrasher »

The U.S. Constitution. I'd explicitly list the underlying first principles for everything.

For example:

1. The law of noncontradiction - something can't be A and not A

2. Treat like things the same and different things differently

Those principles inform the 4th, 5th and 6th amendments.

Re: Ask HN: If you could 'reinvent' anything what would it be?

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Post by samueladam »

lionhearted wrote: post #3

Is it cheating to pick an international policy? I'd like to see completely open borders for non-criminals across the world, with no restrictions on working, schooling, relationships, or associations. Go where you like, when you like, unrestricted, without needing permission from anyone.

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."

-- Albert Einstein

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