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by 40acres 7y ago
My brother smoked heavily during his teens and as a result developed schizophrenia / substance induced psychosis. It was generally terrifying to see him unable to complete thoughts and lose his train of thought. He's fine now but
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The problem with diversity programs in education is that they are half baked, if you wanted to truly solve the root causes of racial discrepancies in education you'd need reform at the elementary school level. School districts are too
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by 40acres 7y ago
Personally, using apps diluted the spark of dating for me so I stopped using them. The most intense part of "mating" for me are the initial stages of attraction, trying to suss out whether or not the opposite party is attracted to
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I live in Portland, OR and have been to Seattle many times. This article is disingenuous -- homelessness and hard drug use are blights on these two rapidly growing cities. I'm deeply critical of our criminal justice system and feel tha
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My two cents: how are the regulators funded? Is it self funded like the CFPB through fines on the entities it regulates or through the state / federal government? Self funding, while difficult and not applicable to all agencies, seems
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It's clear that the author really likes Rogan but finds it politically unacceptable to do so. Joe is a solid interviewer because he's all about letting the interviee speak -- this can also be a flaw if you get the "wrong&quot
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by 40acres 7y ago
I'd add an additional criteria of: "when inflation is out of control". I don't know about other central banks but The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan have been trying to raise inflation for years now, interest rate cut
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There is a huge difference between retiring and retiring healthy. Both of my parents retired due to medical reasons and are not as mobile as they once were, they have confided in me that retirement is extremely boring and if it wasnt for ch
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I'm not advocating for Germany to go all MMT here, but negative bonds are a clear indication that government has ample room for debt financing. Germany has notoriously poor internet service, investing in broadband infrastructure could
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Once again, there is a difference between sovereign debt and personal / corporate debt. Subprime mortgages are subprime because the debtor has a risk of default, the US prints it's own currency, issues debt in its own currency, ha
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Because government finance is not the same as personal finance. Debt craze gripped the US in the early 2010s shortly after the lows of the great recession, defecit spending would've boosted the economy and allowed the US economy to rec
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Fiscal policy and the private sector have not done enough to ensure long term growth -- as mentioned asset inequality has lead to a lot of capital in the hands of actors that do not spend money. Advancement in technology is deflationary by
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Over the next generation fiscal policy will regain it's place (see post war era) as the primary growth tool as opposed to monetary policy. Monetary policy has led to a glut in capital that has no idea what to do with itself: it's
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by 40acres 7y ago
Check out the Odd Lots podcast episode: The Bullish Case for WeWork. Personally, I don't see it -- but capital is so cheap and WW brand so strong that they may be able to pull a rabbit out in a downturn.
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Most U.S Treasuries are held by American citizens, it's why fiscal hawks are always ranting that defecit spending "bankrupts our kids", foreign holdings are insignificant in the grand scheme, and as noted the largest holders
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It's my belief that racist discriminatory policies have led to an "underclass" of people, who are primarily minorities, that are criminalized more often and deprived of services that would ultimately reduce crime. So yes, due
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I think it's really difficult to see this as a non American, especially from a nation has homogeneous as Norway. The question must be asked: why is American policing so brutal? Why is the criminal justice system geared towards punishme
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Great to see coal phasing out but I feel like the risks of natural gas have not been well publicized, data regarding methane leaks from natural gas is sketchy at best and fracking has almost certainly caused more frequent earthquakes (albei
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Absolutely, during this period videos of black men being killed by police became a viral trend. Really hard to absorb.
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There's a small urban park 5 minutes away from my apartment, I live in Oregon so the greenery is very lush and evergreen. It's the perfect spot for a quick 10 minute headspace session. The mind is an incredible thing, it's di
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Really frustrating to see this flagged: either we don't trust the moderators to moderate or someone simply doesn't want to have this discussion. We're all (mostly) technologists here, diversity in tech and the issues surround
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There was a stretch from 2014-15 that made it really difficult to go to work on a day to day basis for me. There is something psychologically triggering about seeing people who look like you routinely killed by the state, regardless of the
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I don't have a problem with whiteboarding, I collaborate with teammates all the time to design rough sketches and even bits of code on the whiteboard. The only critism I would have is if the interviewer is overly strict on things like
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At what point is a region so distinct from the state in which it resides that the best course of action would be secession? When I read the news I see conflicts in integration every where: Hong Kong, Kashmir, Kurdish Syria / Turkey. My
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It's almost as if this company was founded with the explicit mandate to maximize grift. I don't understand why any investor would get involved.
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The forward looking indicators indicate recession, the backwards looking indicators indicate recession, and the general pattern of the yield curve suggests a downturn within ~20 months. Question is; what's a normal personal investor to
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Generally I think you're correct, Jamestown was established prior to 1619 and those settlers had conflict with Native Americans, so I believe it's correct to say discrimination is a good catch all term to summarize my point. In te
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Fundamentally I think the problem is that these platforms are not neutral, when YouTube's algorithm hoists your video to the front page they are "manipulating" the system. Personally, I would not be surprised to see Section 2
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In my opinion, religion is such a powerful force because it allows us to view human behavior through spiritual metaphors. We can agree to disagree but I believe the original sin framing is apt, particularly when discussing slavery with thos
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Here's how I look at it, slavery is not inherently racist, other cultures have captured slaves as POWs and have enslaved those of the same race and ethnic group. However, Western slavery required racism to justify it (they are less int

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