Yes. Jan 6th seemed to be a breaking point. Every company bought the idea that people walking into the capitol was an insurrection, and turned over everything on everyone who might have been involved, with no legal…
The "double check" mechanism for medications is: We tell people not to take medical advice from anyone who is not trained in medicine. This is not a new problem. The internet has been full of nonsense since the 1990s…
Google is an information technology company. They build information technology, and use it to make money. This is in contrast to an ad agency that uses other people's software to sell ads. That company doesn't create…
> There is no viable third platform. There is no "viable third platform" because people don't vote against the two existing ones with their wallets. Can you name an example where a government succeeded in breaking up a…
In what sense are they shitty? They are actually usable by normal people. This is a big reason they are popular. I don't like (most of) the content on those sites. This is not surprising. The content is aimed at people…
Apparently, activists need something that is "open, decentralized, and user controlled". Those activists choose to use facebook. That tells me they are at least one of two things: 1. Too stupid to make a plan that could…
> Is it really that hard to allow only legal immigration and stop giving incentives to illegal immigrants? Illegal immigrants are a source of cheap labor. Business interests tell politicians that without a pool of cheap…
The US has one immigration system for honest law-following people (Visas, green cards, etc.) and a second system for people who don't follow rules (walk in from Mexico, overstay a Visa, etc.)
Fair enough, it should be asked in a neutral way. "Voters perceive problems. As is common in a democracy, voters elect people who propose solutions. Why is no other political party proposing solutions voters see as…
What is the "far-right" far from? In normal English, it would be from the average (median) voter. A party is "far-right" (or "far-left") if it is substantially to the right (left) of the average voter. Assume that…
> If you have extra cash and cannot spend it on your own business, you can just pay dividends to the shareholders. That is an option. It is usually not the best option. Dividends are taxed. You are forcing shareholders…
A given company may or may not be organized this way. IBM had a system of "blue dollars". If the server group sells a computer, it gets revenue ("green dollars", i.e. real money). The leaders of the server group are…
> What happens when a capital accumulates in a smaller pool of folks who choose how to allocate those resources. > Silicon Valley isn't responding to demand, it's essentially centrally planning where to assign resources…
Mcdonald's famously invested in Chipotle as a risk mitigation strategy. If consumers want healthier fast food, sales at Mcdonald's will go down, and sales at Chipotle will go up. Investing in something anti-correlated…
The point is that the goal is far enough into the future that the person making it can't be held accountable for failing to meet it. If Xi had said "the CCP is illegitimate unless it takes Taiwan by 2025", he would be…
> Letting mega-billionaires spend mega-millions to buy the conversation around elections isn't my definition of freedom. Spell out the details: Exactly who will not be permitted to speak under your definition of…
> > They are interested in learning about topics from credible people > Honestly, you surprised me with this statement alone. interested in learning? > do you think Trump wants to learn anything from AIPAC? > or Pharma…
> Why lobbyist can't just present their ideas publicly, like do a public free lessons to politicians and anyone who wants to attend Different people (including politicians) have different priorities, assumptions,…
Yes. Jan 6th seemed to be a breaking point. Every company bought the idea that people walking into the capitol was an insurrection, and turned over everything on everyone who might have been involved, with no legal…
The "double check" mechanism for medications is: We tell people not to take medical advice from anyone who is not trained in medicine. This is not a new problem. The internet has been full of nonsense since the 1990s…
Google is an information technology company. They build information technology, and use it to make money. This is in contrast to an ad agency that uses other people's software to sell ads. That company doesn't create…
> There is no viable third platform. There is no "viable third platform" because people don't vote against the two existing ones with their wallets. Can you name an example where a government succeeded in breaking up a…
In what sense are they shitty? They are actually usable by normal people. This is a big reason they are popular. I don't like (most of) the content on those sites. This is not surprising. The content is aimed at people…
Apparently, activists need something that is "open, decentralized, and user controlled". Those activists choose to use facebook. That tells me they are at least one of two things: 1. Too stupid to make a plan that could…
> Is it really that hard to allow only legal immigration and stop giving incentives to illegal immigrants? Illegal immigrants are a source of cheap labor. Business interests tell politicians that without a pool of cheap…
The US has one immigration system for honest law-following people (Visas, green cards, etc.) and a second system for people who don't follow rules (walk in from Mexico, overstay a Visa, etc.)
Fair enough, it should be asked in a neutral way. "Voters perceive problems. As is common in a democracy, voters elect people who propose solutions. Why is no other political party proposing solutions voters see as…
What is the "far-right" far from? In normal English, it would be from the average (median) voter. A party is "far-right" (or "far-left") if it is substantially to the right (left) of the average voter. Assume that…
> If you have extra cash and cannot spend it on your own business, you can just pay dividends to the shareholders. That is an option. It is usually not the best option. Dividends are taxed. You are forcing shareholders…
A given company may or may not be organized this way. IBM had a system of "blue dollars". If the server group sells a computer, it gets revenue ("green dollars", i.e. real money). The leaders of the server group are…
> What happens when a capital accumulates in a smaller pool of folks who choose how to allocate those resources. > Silicon Valley isn't responding to demand, it's essentially centrally planning where to assign resources…
Mcdonald's famously invested in Chipotle as a risk mitigation strategy. If consumers want healthier fast food, sales at Mcdonald's will go down, and sales at Chipotle will go up. Investing in something anti-correlated…
The point is that the goal is far enough into the future that the person making it can't be held accountable for failing to meet it. If Xi had said "the CCP is illegitimate unless it takes Taiwan by 2025", he would be…
> Letting mega-billionaires spend mega-millions to buy the conversation around elections isn't my definition of freedom. Spell out the details: Exactly who will not be permitted to speak under your definition of…
> > They are interested in learning about topics from credible people > Honestly, you surprised me with this statement alone. interested in learning? > do you think Trump wants to learn anything from AIPAC? > or Pharma…
> Why lobbyist can't just present their ideas publicly, like do a public free lessons to politicians and anyone who wants to attend Different people (including politicians) have different priorities, assumptions,…