This paper might argue that the risk/reward ratio is lower than other similarly risky investments, which would substantiate the article's argument that landlords are greedy and generally bad. But good point, the…
Actually... According to the research source landlords do charge more due to increased risk: "Because landlords operating in poor communities face more risks, they hedge their position by raising rents on all tenants."…
I have attempted to duplicate this index fund manually by purchasing the top 25 cryptocurrencies (market-cap weighted) over the past year or so. I'll say that it was hardly worth the enormous work involved, and these…
Every day we live for those things and face a small chance that some powerful government or entity will capture and torture us or our loved ones indefinitely, for scientific reasons, or perhaps for no reason at all.…
Diversity of thought, novelty. In the same way it never gets old to watch a child experience "I am your father!" for the first time, I'm sure humans of the future will enjoy entertaining humans of the past.
I'm curious what other arguments you have, personally. I'm not sure you've expressed it fully yet.
I can't speak for everyone, but my interest in Cryonics stems from a love of life, not a fear of death. Preservation will not solve grief, death, or displacement in time. Nor does it necessitate immortality - I want to…
Being an avid cryonicist, I have attempted to express these myths to a wide variety of people. The very few and open-minded folks that will move past utter dismissal usually have a deep and visceral illogical fear of…
In theory, RandoCoin will necessarily develop a black market based on traits other than the random generation in the long-run. If random generation were used, anyone could theoretically wait some period of time to buy…
The Green 500 is more than a concern for global warming. It is also a measure of scalability due to heat dissipation and power supply concerns. The difficulty of achieving a human-brain sized supercomputer will be more…
This paper might argue that the risk/reward ratio is lower than other similarly risky investments, which would substantiate the article's argument that landlords are greedy and generally bad. But good point, the…
Actually... According to the research source landlords do charge more due to increased risk: "Because landlords operating in poor communities face more risks, they hedge their position by raising rents on all tenants."…
I have attempted to duplicate this index fund manually by purchasing the top 25 cryptocurrencies (market-cap weighted) over the past year or so. I'll say that it was hardly worth the enormous work involved, and these…
Every day we live for those things and face a small chance that some powerful government or entity will capture and torture us or our loved ones indefinitely, for scientific reasons, or perhaps for no reason at all.…
Diversity of thought, novelty. In the same way it never gets old to watch a child experience "I am your father!" for the first time, I'm sure humans of the future will enjoy entertaining humans of the past.
I'm curious what other arguments you have, personally. I'm not sure you've expressed it fully yet.
I can't speak for everyone, but my interest in Cryonics stems from a love of life, not a fear of death. Preservation will not solve grief, death, or displacement in time. Nor does it necessitate immortality - I want to…
Being an avid cryonicist, I have attempted to express these myths to a wide variety of people. The very few and open-minded folks that will move past utter dismissal usually have a deep and visceral illogical fear of…
In theory, RandoCoin will necessarily develop a black market based on traits other than the random generation in the long-run. If random generation were used, anyone could theoretically wait some period of time to buy…
The Green 500 is more than a concern for global warming. It is also a measure of scalability due to heat dissipation and power supply concerns. The difficulty of achieving a human-brain sized supercomputer will be more…