losteric

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by losteric 11y ago
Maybe this will give all the not-Harrison Fords a better chance. A lot of the A list is about hiring tried and true great actors... but you can get 80% of Harrison Ford for much less than 80% of his current asking price. Much like making mu
1412.
by losteric 11y ago
I wasn't referring to the US with that line. We'll suffer but we're just along for the ride. What do you think is going to happen when China finds itself with > 1 senior for every working age citizen, with a male-skewed po
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by losteric 11y ago
The WSJ 2050 series of articles supports that. However population is shrinking in many parts of the world, despite government attempts to force growth... This is going to have a tremendous impact on the global economy and political unrest.
1414.
by losteric 11y ago
I'll fight tooth and nail for every minute of my own independent life... But I would never dream of crippling my children's future just to exist in an "assisted-living" retirement home. Personally, that's an undigni
1415.
by losteric 11y ago
Start by having level-headed discussions about the value of life. I know a lot of families taking on massive debt to help pay for their parent's old age. Five-Six figures here and there to extend their parent's lives by a decade o
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by losteric 11y ago
Whats even more fun is there other major problems approaching on roughly the same timeline... - Less developed nations will be transitioning to a population crunch (WSJ 2050) with huge ramifications on global economics/politics - fossi
1417.
by losteric 11y ago
> I'm still waiting for a dramatic disruption of the college/post-secondary industry. [..] I'm starting to feel that some courses in college/university isn't worth that much money. It's still coming. As coll
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by losteric 11y ago
> If we accepted that modern workers that flit from job to job and project to project are here to stay and gave them a real safety net without all the nasty ideological baggage, we could come closer to achieving the dream of the fluid, f
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by losteric 11y ago
I agree that this isn't terribly useful as-is, but I think it's part of a grander vision. It's a step towards the actionable product, following the trend of other analytic tools: 1.) Show the data - This is all about selling
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by losteric 12y ago
All social networks have value, if 1.) they enable forms of communication you find valuable, and 2.) you can find the people that broadcast relevant information. Personally I find niche social sites to be far more valuable than general site