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by maceo 11y ago
There's a a difference between being "anti-technology" and being cautious. Nassim Taleb's paper applying of the precautionary principle to the GMO debate is probably the most lucid piece on the matter. There's a rea
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by maceo 11y ago
No, I said it because I've been bodybuilding for 10 years and I know nutrition. Food with added preservatives are significantly higher in sodium, which causes your body to retain more water. This is critical to know if you're tryi
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by maceo 11y ago
This is another very interesting article from Jacobin, but I'm not sure who the author is arguing against. I've never heard of any "culinary luddites" avoiding food products because they come from an industrial farm. The
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by maceo 11y ago
It's actually a shame, because the term "activist investor" already had a meaning. It's what you would call nuns in the 80s who used proxy votes from pension funds to push pro-people corporate policy. Or Harvard students
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by maceo 11y ago
Who could be for protectionism? Well for starters, the United States for most of its history. Protectionism is a big part of what put the US in a position to become the global superpower. Tariffs on superior, imported textiles from the Brit
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by maceo 11y ago
The only reason Ayn Rand ever comes up is because she has vague name recognition and the Democrats use her to take easy cheap-shots. They do the same thing with Koch Industries. In reality, Koch Industries' alleged influence is greatly
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by maceo 11y ago
In that regard, it's been a fact since the division of labor was first outlined (and then fetishized) in the late 18th century. In terms of breaking down the tasks needed to build the final product, early Ford factories were just as ef
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by maceo 11y ago
Human labor is not a commodity. This was the common sense amongst all working people for most of the 20th century. Samuel Gompers, maybe the most conservative labor leader of his time, said "You cannot weigh the human soul on the same
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by maceo 11y ago
I've used Secret several times a week since they launched. Although the most recent redesign was panned from every corner, I found it to be the best anonymous messaging UI, by far. The friendly branding and overall feel of the design p
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by maceo 11y ago
Before the industrial revolution we had serfs and artisans. As the factories absorbed both the serfs and the artisans, the serfs saw it as an upgrade, while the artisans resented the new way of life. Through workplace organization, which us
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by maceo 11y ago
Yea, 2-3 miles is a very long walk in LA. Walking from los feliz to the reservoir would be especially tedious since the most direct paths are on boring residential streets. No one would ever do that walk unless they 1) dont have a car 2) ar
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by maceo 11y ago
As a life-long LA resident, I say don't believe the hype. The article says that the centerpiece is the revitalization of the LA river. As far as I can tell, this isn't happening. Some bike paths were added along the river, which i
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by maceo 11y ago
Moynihan was snubbed for writing the report and liberals and conservatives alike have since been very afraid to comment on the state of black families in the US. The black family unit in the US has been under attack for over 500 years. Duri
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by maceo 12y ago
First, SYRIZA doesn't want a separate currency, only the most radical members do. And their rationale has nothing to do with being competitive in the global market. Its widely described by their leadership as a dreaded last resort if i
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by maceo 12y ago
The 2 currency system is a mess. The fact that Cuba is abandoning it after 20 years of failure should serve as a warning to the Greek leftists who want SYRIZA to leave the Euro and adopt a 2 currency system.
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by maceo 12y ago
As much as Cuba's economy is nothing to aspire to, the WWF says that they're the only country on earth that has undergone sustainable development. That is, the have the 2nd highest HDI in Latin America and they've managed to
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by maceo 12y ago
It was very difficult until recently and remains so. But you're wrong to assume that life for the average person is any better in those countries than it is in Cuba. The UN's Human Development Index has Cuba as the 2nd most develo
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by maceo 12y ago
Amazing video. The only other person I've watched handle the press with such clarity and grace is Malcolm X.
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by maceo 12y ago
As a long-time supporter of your efforts, I have a few suggestions. 1) The name 'The Net Party' isn't going to cut it in the US. Think beyond the fact that you must be connected to participate (e.g. The Popular Party). 2) Don
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by maceo 12y ago
Chelsea Manning's case was complicated by the fact that he was enlisted when he got caught. Daniel Ellsberg only ended up serving 2 years because his case was dismissed for prosecutorial misconduct. Something of this nature is unlikely
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by maceo 12y ago
I doubt this has anything to do with his condition in Russia. I think its timed very nicely to coincide public sentiment in the US. A movie about his courageous acts just won an Oscar. Hundreds of news stories brought to light by his effort
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by maceo 12y ago
Wow! I certainly wasn't expecting that. Mr. Varoufakis has been my favorite economist for many years now, and I think he has brilliant insights as to reasons for the Eurocrisis. Whether he can translate his genius into government polic
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by maceo 12y ago
Thomas Jefferson is the only founder you list who ought to be associated with the year 1776. The others actually came to prominence in the 1780's. That said, they were still young. To add a few more, Marx was 29 when he wrote the Commu
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by maceo 12y ago
Yasheng Huang writes that China's economic system is not "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics", as the CPC proclaims. It is in fact capitalism with Chinese characteristics, and this move offers further evidence.
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by maceo 12y ago
Look, whether we like it or not, VCs prefer white or asian founders over black or hispanic founders. That's fact, not conjecture [1]. I understand that YC is an accelerator. It's also a cultural institution. Blacks and hispanics a
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by maceo 12y ago
"The good news is that there is no disadvantage to applying to YC as a female or minority founder." I don't understand why that's good news. It'd be good news if YC were actively preferring female and minority found
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by maceo 12y ago
Why are people surprised Hollywood capitulates to fear? It's a generally risk-averse industry. That's why Fast and Furious 7 is coming out soon. The precedent for this was set 70 years ago when Hollywood execs decided to blacklis
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by maceo 12y ago
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it." -Orwell
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by maceo 12y ago
I'm the only person in my family who wasn't born and raised in Cuba. I've spent time on the island and it's been an obsession of mine for as long I can remember. If you read the writings of American foreign policy maker
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by maceo 12y ago
The judge in the case, Katherine Forrest, issued a courageous ruling last year in the case of Hedges vs. Obama, where she ruled that the indefinite detention powers of the NDAA were unconstitutional. Unfortunately, the Obama administration

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