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   by aesto 8y ago

   Perspectives on Politics isn't exactly a top-drawer journal. It's the sort of outlet where articles (often more on the philosophical side) end up that lack the scientific rigor necessary for the top-tier journals. Also, FYI, polit
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   by aesto 8y ago

   Trust-by-default is pretty much the definition of social capital, which is thought to be incredibly important for a functioning society. Basically, it's more efficient to trust people and be exploited once in a while, than to never tru
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   by aesto 9y ago

   Don't blame algorithms for human nature. That thing is ultimately just minimizing a loss function and if recommending garbage gets the best results, that's what it will do.
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   by aesto 9y ago

   I will concede that you make some good points, however: These statistics simplify things a little because they rely on measures of central tendency - mostly the mean, from what I can tell. Purchasing power is the best example of that. Yes,
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   by aesto 9y ago

   As a German living in the US, I wholeheartedly agree with this article, especially the bit about everything being somewhat lower quality. And despite the lower quality, things usually are considerably more expensive anyway. If I might just