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jbange
16y ago
If they can't convince their current customers that (whatever) is the way of the future, then I'd argue they are NOT competent. Any fool can be a yes-man and keep doing what the previous guy did because "it always worked before".
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jbange
16y ago
Actually, STDs, crime, rape, junkies, and lost lives have been civilization's constant companion for millennia. There was definitely a tradition of pretending it wasn't happening prior to the late 60's/early 70's, but if you think people w
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jbange
16y ago
>Lifetimes centuries ago were 30-40 years on average. Only a handful of people lived 60 or more years. Today, many people live to 100, many more to 80 The average in previous centuries was heavily skewed by infant/childhood mortality. P