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by marnett 7y ago
At $10 a gallon there would likely be civil war.
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by marnett 7y ago
Most civilizations that were content with their way of life were more than likely exterminated at the hands of civilizations that skewed towards unhappiness. Or exterminated by their contentedness.
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by marnett 7y ago
do not forget the social cohesive elements like worship. i have strongly believed the church's biggest advantage as a social institution is due to collectively performing some unifying ritual. i think these rituals are instrumental to
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by marnett 7y ago
do not forget an explicit focus on spirituality. other groups might have some modern, diluted equivalent as a second order effect, but religion contains spirituality and spiritual rituals right in the forefront.
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by marnett 7y ago
> I think there is something about human psychology that makes people commonly gravitate towards this type of thinking Chronology and narrative are definitely natural ways that humans frame the world - one of the many instinctive faults
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by marnett 7y ago
Unfortunately I think it’s more about pricing as oppposed to better design paradigms. Replacing embedded system engineers with cheap java engineers? Yea that requires a screen.
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by marnett 7y ago
Within the timeframe I listed [2016-2018] none of the companies I listed performed a stock split. Neither did Apple. Apple's most recent stock split was 2014.
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by marnett 7y ago
Amazon in 2016 was $502 a share, it is $1900 now Microsoft in 2016 was $51, $127 now Facebook was $97, $189 now We're not even talking about rocket-ship growth here. We are talking about option strike prices losing money in one of the
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by marnett 7y ago
Google Duplex is only available in the US, that is less than 5% of the population. HN is a global community - it is entirely believable that GP is unable to use this service that, after a year, is not available outside the US market. Also,
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by marnett 7y ago
There is no indignation towards capitalism in my comment. I am claiming that regulatory capture, lobbying, and campaign finance are the means of democracy in a capitalist Mecca like the US. Disagreeing with that and writing it off as mental
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by marnett 7y ago
From a US legal perspective on corporate personhood, Capital is free speech. Limits on campaign finance limit a corporate persons' first amendment rights. Lobbying and campaign finance are not corruption. It is legal, systemic, and ope
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by marnett 7y ago
It's a little cyclical of a thing though, right? Almost paradoxical? You need capital to achieve regulatory capture; regulatory capture guarantees capital. I've always found that term "government granted monopoly" a litt
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by marnett 7y ago
american global hegemony is a thing. fair or not, it exists. if you want out of the purview of the US you have to go to one of its enemy superstates, Russia or China. Even small neutral/hostile nations are not safe forever (eg Assange
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by marnett 8y ago
Electric company propaganda!
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by marnett 8y ago
The American revolution was started because citizens did not want the government in their homes.
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by marnett 8y ago
We call it the opioid tax and it works pretty effectively at eliminating the unemployed.
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by marnett 8y ago
Facebook is a paid advertising platform. There are plenty of people not getting what they paid for as a result of an outage.
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by marnett 8y ago
You mention billionaires and then list off new money entrepreneurs. Don’t conflate the two. There are jobless people born into billion dollar family dynasties that do absolutely nothing for humanity. They hide and live out their lives entir
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by marnett 8y ago
I believe GP is mostly talking about the standard American propaganda that without Capitalism no great things can be accomplished.
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by marnett 8y ago
The effects can be monitored in a lot of different ways - that is definitely one I had not thought since I was a schoolchild. Very effective propaganda went into this standard American framing of nonprofit orgs.
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by marnett 8y ago
Yes of course. I am not choosing sides. We are both equally correct. Institutional propaganda slanders enemies and praises the self.
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by marnett 8y ago
Mentioning foundations are tax havens for private wealth it is not too surprising to hear they have hereditary qualities (jobs, dinners, receptions, business expenses, travel, conferences). There is an oddly positive connotation typically g
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by marnett 8y ago
Propaganda doesn’t have to have negative connotation. In this case “all positive” results for the foundation’s capital allocations could be indicative of propaganda.
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by marnett 8y ago
I'm late to get back to you - thanks for sharing this. This is so extensive and exactly what I was looking for!
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by marnett 8y ago
I'm fascinated that you cycled through the U.S. Did you happen to write anything about your travels that you're willing to share? I'd love to hear your experiences seeing America.
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by marnett 8y ago
I’d love to hear some of the weird communities you’re involved with/ have stumbled upon.
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by marnett 8y ago
Don’t get me started about Eve...
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by marnett 8y ago
Markets move one quarter at a time. This has long since been established.
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by marnett 8y ago
Same thing exists in Barbados. Vans that circle the country and pick you up if you’re on the side of the road. Flat cash cost. Super convenient.
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by marnett 8y ago
It wasn't stated there is no effect, just that social class has a larger impact at the highest rungs of society.

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