joubert

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by joubert 6y ago
> In 4.5 billion years, the Milky Way will collide with Andromeda. This presents us with a literal galactic-scale single-turn prisoner's dilemma: If intelligent life exists in Andromeda, they may already be preparing to conquer the
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The Polymath Playbook(salman.io)
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Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better(psyche.co)
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Lang Lang, Piano Thunderer, Greets Bach’s Austere ‘Goldbergs’(nytimes.com)
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Goldman Sachs Has Money. It Has Power. and Now It Has a Font(nytimes.com)
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Business Book of the Year Award 2020(ft.com)
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Self-Styled Cyborg Dreams of Outwitting Superintelligent Machines(scientificamerican.com)
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by joubert 6y ago
Thanks for those links. It got me reading more to deepen my understanding. I should say that my intent is not to invalidate your living experience, but rather to learn more. Here’s what I’ve found so far: Saudi Arabia - dependence on foreig
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by joubert 6y ago
Yep. That’s why I replied because the parent comment (to my comment) doesn’t appear to me to advance the conversation.
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by joubert 6y ago
> Look at the middle east, countries like Saudi, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar have done it for decades. False, according the the World Bank : “Currently, no country has a UBI in place, although there have been (and still are) several small-scale
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by joubert 6y ago
> Small business is the engine of the economy For context, from the SBA’s advocacy page (2019): “ U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States
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by joubert 6y ago
This is an illuminating list of 100 companies doing well during the pandemic. https://www.ft.com/content/844ed28c-8074-4856-bde0-20f3bf4cd...
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by joubert 6y ago
> Should any single (non-state?) entity be this large? I interpreted this as “should any non-state entity” have more power than the state? My initial thoughts are that if the particular state in question is a working, liberal democracy a
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Self-Experimenters Step Up for Science(scientificamerican.com)
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Oracle enters race to buy TikTok’s US operations(ft.com)
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Psychological Skepticism(nickwignall.com)
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by joubert 6y ago
> deserted island with no government, you still have the right to free speech without anyone giving it to you "Rights" do not really make sense if you're the only human around.
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by joubert 6y ago
> Just think of it! In a few months we are completely re-examining the utility of taking out a student loan that many cannot pay back in their working lifetimes. I think it astounding how we humans are swayed in the information/meme
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Russia vaccine thrusts little-known state research unit into spotlight(ft.com)
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by joubert 6y ago
Isn't it a matter of degree? For example, do individuals in the US not enjoy more freedom (of speech) than individuals in China? Isn't it worth supporting and enhancing one regime and fight against the other (at least on this di
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by joubert 6y ago
> But the way I think about it, "rights" are not encoded in the laws of physics. They are social constructs. There's a long history of reasoning (i.e. logic) from first principles how to best establish communities, for e
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by joubert 6y ago
> You can't leave it unlocked because the device needs to be encrypted. A pass phrase would be more secure but when you're a 400km away from the nearest threat actor there's nothing wrong with a short PIN Why have it (PIN
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by joubert 6y ago
> Given this spread, what should I do with the cash? There isn’t a single answer. Depends on factors such as: - your goals (e.g. would this be for future retirement, for paying your kids’ education, etc.) - your age - your risk tolerance
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by joubert 6y ago
I would interpret that analogy as them not taking sides, i.e. remain neutral.
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by joubert 6y ago
> In fact, a competent financial advisor has the tools to trade the S&P themselves for clients (literally buying all 500 stocks individually and in correct proportions to the index). At lower cost than what you’d pay via a large inve
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Nvidia in Advanced Talks to Buy SoftBank’s Chip Company Arm(finance.yahoo.com)
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Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss(nytimes.com)
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by joubert 6y ago
"Is all of FAANG like this?" No. And even within a particular company, especially very large ones, there's probably variability across orgs. From your description, it sounds like a couple of things missing, such as: - candor
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by joubert 6y ago
My friend ran his BBS with Excalibur. Entirely graphical (you could design pages using drag & drop, use vector graphics, etc.) and ran on Windows. The company closed shop in 1999. Example screenshots: - https://infofiles.org&
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Dialogic Leadership(thesystemsthinker.com)
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