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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
He is the second-richest person in the world and has virtually nothing to lose from a nationwide shutdown or the unpredictable cascading effects that will come from it. The other 327 million people have a lot to lose.
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
Is Bill Gates an elected official? Is he a medical doctor? Sorry, I understand that he means well, but we need more democratic engagement and less opinions from billionaire industrialists.
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
No, you are not imagining it. Freedom is difficult; most people can't handle it and want an authority figure to guide them, especially in times of (perceived) threats. "People want to be told what to do so badly that they'll
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
The individual countries of the EU have not coordinated on this whatsoever and I can't see it remaining in its current form post-crisis. We're probably looking at a more loosely-defined trade union and a trend away from further in
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
I'm not even necessarily arguing that not locking down is the right move, but rather that we should be able to have the conversation as to whether it's worth it or whether there are other, better solutions to this problem (lik
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
> If you want to begin again, my point at the top was that companies don't have a right to survival at any cost. That's what you suggested, and you have not spoken to it since. Of course companies don't have a right to sur
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
Well it's certainly not "just another flu" so I don't disagree with doctors there at all. I mentioned it in another comment, but: the doctors are not the problem here. Of course doctors will recommend the best medical ad
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
Sure, and that might have been a better solution than simply forcing everyone to go on unemployment, which is what will probably happen now.
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
Sorry, but I'm not really interested in responding to snarky sarcastic gotcha questions. If you have a point to make, make it.
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
I don't live in the United States and I have never gone on Spring Break, so this is again an ad hominem attack, not an argument. As I said before: decisions have consequences. Of course doctors will suggest the best medical solutions f
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
Absolutely. People are using potential death counts as a reason for all these draconian measures. And yet, there are numerous other causes of death with straightforward, clear solutions. But we don't shut down society over them. In my
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Ask HN: What are the opportunity costs of current coronavirus actions?
1 points by ceilingcorner 7y ago|0 comments
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
Sure, this is a legitimate concern. But I don't think black-and-white thinking is really the answer here. There are solutions in between shut everything down and keep it all open.
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
Again, learn how to have a conversation without the condescending attitude. This is a complex issue with multiple variables and costs. You are not automatically right because you agree with the mob. A cursory reading of history should mak
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
This is a short-sighted view. If GameStop closes, they will go out of business. If they go out of business, these employees will lose their jobs. I see no reason why a GameStop employee can't just quit or refuse to come to work if he&#
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
First off, don't start any conversation by telling someone to stop thinking contrarian thoughts. Secondly, the risk of dying from the coronavirus from working at or going into a small video game shop is negligible. You are far more lik
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
And modern people wonder how the witch-hunts happened in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The mob-like response to this is sad and deranged... Many companies will go out of business as a direct response to these closings. Millions of people
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
I hate to make this political, but in a neutral sense: is this not precisely what Trump ran and won the election on? I didn't vote for him, but clearly the offshoring of factories to China has had serious negative consequences. These
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
I am genuinely worried that the plan of shutting everything down and instituting a quarantine will turn out to be disastrous if it continues for months on end. The stock market is just the beginning - what about the millions of people makin
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Obesity: An Epidemic Scientists Can't Ignore(vox.com)
1 points by ceilingcorner 7y ago|0 comments
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
This is a mostly anonymous forum which is slightly more open to controversial ideas than the average media outlet. Any person openly questioning the effectiveness of treating men and women as exact equals is usually treated as some sort of
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
In theory, yes, but unless the cost of supporting a family can be done with one job (as it used to be), then this is kind of a moot point. Both parents can choose to work part-time, but typically that means they'll be in poverty.
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
The problem in contemporary culture is that we are not even allowed to have this conversation. To state the obvious fact that men and women are different and have different strengths and weaknesses (in general, as a sex) is tantamount to he
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
I for one find it absolutely hilarious to watch people take these ‘essays’ seriously. I have nothing but respect for PG in regards to his work with startups, but when he wrote this essay [1] on the field of philosophy, it should have been
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by ceilingcorner 7y ago
The sexual marketplace, like all marketplaces with few restrictions, has returned to a “winner take all” state. Fewer men have sex with more women. Thus STDs rise as more people have a smaller and smaller “sexual range.”