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by bigthymer 5y ago
> older textbooks have been much more accessible than most written after (roughly) the 1990s Why? How are they different?
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How big are the homes that most people raise families in?
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> There is zero chance we are going to all agree on climate change I think if enough climate events happen to enough people around the country, a majority could develop that wants to take action. Unfortunately, I think getting people to
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Maybe people visit other sites when the ones they would have used go down? I don't know for sure but it is a plausible explanation for me.
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Were they structurally different (no voting maybe?), or just had a lot fewer people?
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I'd imagine transaction costs on real estate are high...maybe even approaching 10%.
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I think it is starting to be one of those things that most people on this site have come around to realizing. I'm eager to see whether it permeates the rest of society and what actions we start taking in that direction.
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> Giving people money is absolutely the last thing anyone should do. Why? Cash transfers to poor people is starting to look like an effective way to alleviate poverty. Despite the old stereotype of poor people blowing it all on booze an
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> It is also slowly becoming illegal to criticise Islam Really? Literally "Illegal" as in laws against it, or figuratively as in no longer socially acceptable?
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Does it also provide commodities futures or spot prices?
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I read somewhere (from an Atlantic article several years ago) that soon before death, AIDs patients would feel a stronger desire to copulate.
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> it's infeasible for a person to construct their own house anymore, given building codes and such What has changed that this is no longer possible any more?
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> I think this is a very Americanized perspective, though, so I would be especially interested in hearing perspectives from other cultures. From my understanding, in Islam, sex is a normal, expected part of marriage. If one partner does
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I found Bezos' last letter inspiring in this regard. Especially one of the last sections titled "Differentiation is Survival and the Universe Wants You to be Typical". link here -> https://www.cnbc.com/202
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Is that the area north of Kazakhstan? That's a lot of light if so.
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