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by javert 7y ago
Are you saying he presents a new theory somewhere around item 27 or 28 in the playlist? Because prior to that it looks like a survey of Western philosophy, just judging by the titles of the videos.
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by javert 7y ago
Almost every comment here is complaining about the code. This is based on a misconception. The "product" here is an academic paper, not the code. The code is just a kind of sanity check for the ideas in the paper. This is how acad
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by javert 7y ago
No, no it's not. The product here is an academic paper. The code is just kind of a sanity check for the concepts in the paper. That's how academia works.
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I'm saying a free market doesn't exist in healthcare. It exists in lots of other areas. We can see that free markets always perform better, and non-free markets are always dysfunctional directly in proportion to the degree of gove
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by javert 7y ago
Rational people should seek to reduce or eliminate physical force, or the threat of physical force, used against them or their trading partners. This is the only controversial thing I have to say in this comment (and I don't expect you
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by javert 7y ago
It would be helpful to actually give a short explanation of what you are linking to, rather than a bare link with the title.
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by javert 7y ago
I should have said this in my other comment: I agree with you that if the government is going to spend money, it's better to just give people the money and let them make their own decisions about how to spend it. But I think it's
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by javert 7y ago
Thank you for posting a detailed comment. > The data is clear - single payer systems achieve lower prices thanks to having MONOPSONY POWER over the market The data is clear that a free market for healthcare would do even better than a si
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by javert 7y ago
> Although that may be standard thinking in some circles, in reality there are clearly areas where more money would lead to far more goods and services, making everyone in the area richer. Finance exists to do this. If it's a good
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by javert 7y ago
Unleashing a lot of money is like a big dose of sugar for the economy. It causes a boom and then a bust. A UBI is just a constant redirection of resources from investment/production/research to consumption. There is no magic you c
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by javert 7y ago
Thank you for taking the time to write this up! Yeah, Cody's Lab is great. Would buying gold coins as opposed to bars avoid this issue? I mean, I'd still want to test using the chemical and electric kits you mentioned. But is it s
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by javert 7y ago
If you look up the history of car dealerships: the whole dealership system is based on dealers lobbying the government to protect them. It's regulatory capture. The car makers hate the dealers. There are 2 main kinds of telco in the U.
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by javert 7y ago
If you don't want a BMW or a Range Rover, don't buy one. People want those cars. They are willing to pay a mechanic to fix them because they like them. And you have the gall to say that they shouldn't be allowed to have the
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by javert 7y ago
The Amazon plant gives people one more option that they didn't have before.
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by javert 7y ago
I basically agree with you, but it's not Amazon's duty to solve that problem. In fact, by providing one more job option, they are helping slightly. It's the same as this old classic: Nike builds a shoe factory on a small isla
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by javert 7y ago
Let's get one thing straight: My comment was not "extremely dishonest." It's opinionated, sure. It's my judgement of the situation. Second: In my opinion, IE was becoming non-viable for end users for security reaso
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by javert 7y ago
Facebook is also a great example. That shit is so absolutely awful, and it's destroying people psychologically. People will eventually learn and get out of it. We will find a healthier alternative and adopt it organically. But chances
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by javert 7y ago
In the U.S., phone providers are protected by the government. You can't compete with them. The government has basically granted them fiefs. I feel like cars are great. I don't know where the complaint is there. There is an enormou
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by javert 7y ago
Amazon warehouse workers also have the option not to work there. Amazon is not forcing them to be there and Amazon does not owe someone a job any more than any other business owes jobs to random people.
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by javert 7y ago
Not this again. (pardon my sarcasm, no intent to offend.) There was a point in time when Microsoft was deeply embedding its really shitty and uber insecure Internet Explorer into Windows and causing all sorts of very severe problems problem
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by javert 7y ago
Saying that you are afraid that mass murder will be committed in the name of freedom, in the context of the Hong Kong protests, makes your comment read like Chinese propaganda. Granted, you spent the first half of the comment criticizing Ch
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by javert 7y ago
The Japanese internment in the U.S. is not remotely comparable to the Nazis.
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by javert 7y ago
I am really interested in learning how to validate that any gold I buy is legitimate. I didn't realize that was possible for "just a normal guy." Do you have more information about this? Like, is there a guide? Obviously the
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by javert 7y ago
Maybe I'm missing your point but... we are? Many or most adults in the U.S. operate at the level of what we expect of children, but not what we expect of adults. I only specify the U.S. because it's what I know directly. (I suspec
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by javert 7y ago
I don't think an indentured servant is even evil. As an American, it makes me think of people who would charge 7(?) years of labor on a farm in exchange for passage to America in the 18th century. Sounds like a great deal to me! People
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by javert 7y ago
This might be helpful for me, too. I often make very short comments because I want to be direct and get to the point.
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by javert 7y ago
> Sound money is the surest route to destroying capitalism. I don't agree at all. But let's wait and see. That is a risk I'm happy to take. Sound money is honest money. A system that can't survive sound money is an u
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by javert 7y ago
We don't need to force people onto sound money. People will adopt it naturally over time if it's better for them than fiat money. However, there is no sound money right now. Bitcoin was designed to be sound money in theory, but it
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by javert 7y ago
OK, thanks, this is interesting. I'm learning something. What is the enforcement mechanism for the relieving letter? Like, what stops someone from getting a new job without having a relieving letter from the prior employer? Is this c
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by javert 7y ago
I know, but that doesn't answer my question. I'm not asking which government prioritizes freedom. I'm asking which country prioritizes freedom. edit: also, could you explain why philosophy caused you to move around the wo

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