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by allisthemoist 10y ago
I'm actually at the point of considering graduate school to help my chances of establishing a life science based start-up in the future. Is getting a graduate level degree (at least a Masters) a necessity to be the head of such a compa
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
“To study the Buddha Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
The argument against planned obsolescence is not an economic one but rather one against the immense waste it creates. The so-called "fast fashion" model now employed by H & M and other clothing retailers also falls into this m
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
The key issue here is equating a living organism with a patentable technology. That is, in fact, the reality we are now living in, but many people are uncomfortable with that.
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
> Also within the current regulatory environment, where it costs >$100MM to deregulate a GMO any other business model will be flawed. So if I wanted to create a GMO and sell it in Argentina, I'd have to pay a premium? At what s
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
> Argentine farmers had benefited substantially from its Intacta technology and called for “all producers to pay ... if they decide to use it.” This sounds a lot like the music industry and their constant call for "royalties".
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Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds (2012)(dni.gov)
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The New World Order Is Ruled by Global Corporations and Megacities–Not Countries(fastcoexist.com)
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
> You can buy one every 5 years for the rest of your life, and come out way ahead.. so why not? This is the principle behind planned obsolescence [0]. While I agree it may in some cases benefit the consumer, it generally seems designed
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
"The top 1% own 48% of global wealth, but even they aren’t happy. A survey by Boston College of people with an average net worth of $78m found that they too were assailed by anxiety, dissatisfaction and loneliness. Many of them report
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
quality marijuana. Quality would definitely be the main difference. Although I have friends that have made decent wine and beer themselves.
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
Want something incredible to read that will fundamentally alter your conception of power? Look up Foucault's work [0]. [0] https://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/newhistoricism/mod...
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
This is precisely why many Buddhist scholars have worried about the integration of Buddhist thought into Western culture: the divorce of these concepts from their underlying meaning can render them ineffective, or worse, harmful. Without an
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by allisthemoist 10y ago
In other words, regulated in a way that is very close to how alcohol is currently sold in Ontario.
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by allisthemoist 11y ago
Very much agreed. The very beautiful potential consequence of this kind of teaching is that it will get more and more people onto the path regardless. And once you are on the path you will recognize the suffering inherent in the pursuit of
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by allisthemoist 11y ago
Find me a specific incident perpetrated by GOOG/FB that has directly facilitated human rights abuses. This is not an accusation of a vague misuse of information. This is a direct action by the company that they knew would facilitate
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by allisthemoist 11y ago
Called Paths to Power, it emphasizes the importance of neutrality: The world is not fair or unfair. It simply is. The more you can suspend judgment, the more you can learn and grow your power. Not to be cynical about this approach, but ha
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Sean Parker’s $250M Bet on Hacking the Immune System to Beat Cancer(technologyreview.com)
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by allisthemoist 11y ago
I mean aren't we all?
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by allisthemoist 11y ago
> “You’re not going to get proof that we’re not in a simulation, because any evidence that we get could be simulated,” Chalmers said. This is where the argument starts to sound like creationist claims that god put the bones of dinosaurs
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by allisthemoist 11y ago
> Plato must have been cognizant of the great size of our globe, and of other continents, because he said in Phaedo that the Mediterranean people occupied 'only a small portion of the earth.' > That's inspiring. So,
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by allisthemoist 11y ago
The most intricate April Fools joke this year