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by edmundsauto 8y ago
In non-US locales, aren't iPhones a major luxury item and status symbol? Increasing pricing to decrease the number of users feeds into this marketing strategy.
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by edmundsauto 8y ago
I find this stuff just absolutely fascinating, but have trouble finding reputable documentaries on the subject. YouTube is filled with "History" channel crap, and it's so disappointing to get all excited to learn, then be sh
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by edmundsauto 8y ago
Charles Mann's excellent book "1491" covers this in-depth, including some background on how this "untouched nature" myth came to be (Holmberg's Mistake). He chides scholars on both sides of the political aisle
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by edmundsauto 8y ago
Coincidentally, I'm reading When Einstein Walked with Godel, and this anecdote is in there. Such an interesting man -- he's up there with Von Neumann for historical figures I'd like to learn more about, as the work they deve
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by edmundsauto 8y ago
The fact that your father is able to navigate complexity doesn't really disprove my point. Some percentage of people will be excluded / unable to participate if things are decentralized. Whether that segment is sufficiently larg
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by edmundsauto 8y ago
The issue I see with decentralization is that the practical surfaces (websites, devices, etc) are so difficult for the vast majority of the population to use. Simply the mental overhead of deciding whether to use Voat, reddit, Discord, or
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by edmundsauto 8y ago
Humans tend to naturally do this. The danger is hindsight bias; we can't put ourselves in the same position as those making the decision. (Not just in an informational sense -- people's worldviews were different because society
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by edmundsauto 8y ago
Looks like around 10%. https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/do-stop-start-s...