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by 2chen 8y ago
Let's put aside the argument of whether the role women play as familial caretakers is "genetically wired" or encouraged by cultural norms. There is undeniably a huge genetic difference between men and women that leads to all
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by 2chen 8y ago
You are begging the question. "Social consensus" is literally the same thing market value.
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by 2chen 8y ago
Gold, based on its practical uses, should have a much lower value as well--but naysayers have been proven wrong since time immemorial. I think the market will continue to stay irrational much longer than we will be alive.
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by 2chen 8y ago
Well not only would banks be far less profitable, but the entire modern economy would grind to halt. I think that's the real problem with 100% reserve banking--it's disingenuous to cast it as less profit for banks.
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by 2chen 8y ago
So..what the TPP was supposed to accomplish? At least before Trump's bumbling decision to withdraw to score rhetorical points with his base. Pretty sure think tanks are several moves ahead of Trump, if he even plans out his moves at al
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by 2chen 8y ago
Another commenter included a source: https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/waldorf-association-sc... . The article gives the rate of non-medical exemptions (for immunizations) for some Waldorf schools, but doesn't give
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by 2chen 8y ago
What? It's far more practical to reteach his wife the language she lost, which also happens to be his first language AND the primary language of the country they live it.
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by 2chen 8y ago
Most actions disproportionately affect the poor and middle class--that doesn't mean we shouldn't take them. Although it doesn't always work out in practice, ideally, other wealth redistribution policies should blunt the impac
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by 2chen 8y ago
Ethics aside, octopuses also seem like a great candidate for "domestication" a la the Russian domestication of the silver fox. Except rather than select for the most docile offspring, selecting for the cleverest. With their relati
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by 2chen 8y ago
Corporations are more multicellular organisms than cancer. They are capable of achieving far more than a single cell or person, for better or for worse.
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by 2chen 9y ago
No, he has to pay taxes on the BTC he DID convert to fiat. He does get to write off the losses of the alt-coins but since he hasn't yet realized those losses (and since they're in a different fiscal year), he's pretty well fu
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by 2chen 9y ago
Those are all real risks of homeownership that we can't just handwave away with misguided NIMBY legislation. The first step is coming to grips with the reality that homeownership isn't a magical risk-free investment.
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by 2chen 9y ago
Aesthetic reasons are the worst reason to be anti-urban.
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by 2chen 9y ago
Which is just an arbitrary number the government came up with because zero is obviously unreasonable for lead workers..
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by 2chen 9y ago
First of all, you're missing the point of the article. Softbank is increasing its stake in Uber, which can only be a good thing, even if it's a markdown from its last preferred round. Second of all, you bandy around private like
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by 2chen 10y ago
Awful on the entire East Coast. Hot and overbearingly humid.
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by 2chen 10y ago
Which would be great if the UK were Japan. But it's not.
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by 2chen 10y ago
You still haven't made a case that Thiel's actions are unethical.
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by 2chen 11y ago
Ah the good old Closeout Sale con.
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by 2chen 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome is extremely common in high achievers--you're not alone.
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by 2chen 11y ago
There's nothing inherently wrong with that kind of person. The problem arises when you mix the two types of people in a demanding environment where more than the status quo is expected (e.g., at a startup). If you want to coast, stic