JohnPrine

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by JohnPrine 5y ago
I think you may have a confused definition of what it means to be a rational actor. Being rational means making the optimal decision given the information available
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
The goal is to make decisions that are "better" as defined by your own utility function given limited information. This is also called "winning"
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
i consider myself a rationalist (or at least, an aspiring rationalist), and people like hanging out with me. learning about this stuff has changed my life and relationships for the better.
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
citation needed for your first point: "Companies extract money from the stock market by issuing IPOs, after that happens, it doesn't matter to them very much at what price their shares are traded"
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
if you have a problem with landlords then you just have a problem with capitalism in general
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
it is very possible to live a fulfilling life while still being frugal. There's nothing I would rather buy than my own financial independence
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
thats so cool!
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
so after 354 days would the crew believe they had exceeded the speed of light?
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
What makes you so sure?
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
same
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
I find it hard to believe that anyone could visit Yosemite and not find it to be one of the best parts of the USA
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
You don't think the upsides of releasing the largest and most complete dataset on human health in history would be inevitable? I'd say the upsides and downsides would both certainly come
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
What's unhealthy about GMO corn?
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
just forget about it and never take the money out
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
Just because a company isn't distributing dividends doesn't mean you're only buying a story. AMZN still has lots of room to grow. If I'm an investor in AMZN I would much rather them reinvest profits into a data center th
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
If this is true, why don't companies just higher people who are willing to be CEO for less money?
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
You think investors pay money out of their own pocket to CEOs out of altruism?
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
Why don't we see more private equity firms snapping up companies and hiring cheaper CEOs then?
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
What about private equity firms?
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
Do you really think the people who wouldn't make their own meaning are finding tons of purpose in their current jobs?
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by JohnPrine 5y ago
This is not true. Buying shares in a company increases the company's value, which allows it to raise more money to fund future enterprises.
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by JohnPrine 6y ago
As someone who generally agrees with the poster you're replying to, yes I would be in favor of a 100% estate tax
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by JohnPrine 6y ago
I mean you're not wrong but you're not refuting that bike's are less comfortable, just that our lives would be better off with a little less comfort. I agree with you, but I don't think most people would.
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by JohnPrine 6y ago
I was like you until July of last year. Started working exclusively on my laptop (I'm a c++ engineer) and I found that it forced me to be more organized. Vim + tmux lets me make full use of a smaller screen. My productivity has honestl
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by JohnPrine 6y ago
Would a full scale invasion of mainland japan have been a barbaric crime?
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by JohnPrine 6y ago
Source on those studies?
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by JohnPrine 6y ago
*76m women in the workforce