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by mritterhoff 1y ago
All human life, sure. Maybe even all mammalian life. But ecosystems around hydrothermal vents won't care about nuclear winter, if that's your scenario.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Wrt housing, since overly restrictive zoning laws make it illegal in many cases to build, I think it'd be good to start by lobbying to change that.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
I interpreted "private" from the comment above yours to mean membership determined by some authority. So your example doesn't hold well, because networking would still be enabled in the file sharing fork, but on a private net
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
The weaponization of zoning laws. It's literally illegal to build the housing people want and need thanks to them. Every US city needs zoning reform, to get rid of height maximums, parking minimums, and Single Family Only zoning.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
No, I'm not agreeing with you. Regulation hasn't eliminated the down sides of alcohol, but it has certainly helped. Investing more in education is great, but you seem to think it should be everyone for themselves. I'd prefer
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
I think that's an oversimplification. People have problems sure, but just like alcohol, social media can and does exacerbate them. The answer to dealing with the former is regulation. I'm not sure that is feasible for the latter.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
True, but as a percentage of GDP we're at historical (peacetime) highs.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
It sounds like you're advocating for degrowth? Why would Americans willingly embrace being poorer?
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
My favorite thing to buy used is books! If it was written more than a year ago, odds are good you can find it for half the price of what it's selling for on Amazon. My go to is https://www.betterworldbooks.com
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
https://archive.is/8TBva
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
It's surprising to me they don't compare Teslas to other EV cars. Comparing to "average used car" which includes ICE, seems like apples to oranges. Hank Green [1] is of the opinion that used EVs are underpriced at the mo
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
We desperately need zoning reform in the US so that housing supply is allowed to increase.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
You think AGI is impossible? Why?
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
So I'd argue we need to provide better alternatives.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Amazing policy idea, I love it.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Sounds like "time banking", which has myriad flaws. One of them is that your time is cheap when you're young and unskilled, and grows valuable as you grow old and become skilled (and have less time left). Each <unit of ti
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Cycling on roads could be safer, but in the US at least, we're numb to car-caused deaths.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
A decreasing population has a lot of collateral damage economically. I'd rather lessen zoning restrictions and let the market build.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Very cool, didn't know firefox mobile supported extensions. Thanks!
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Is it possible to install uBlock Origin on a mobile phone? I don't think it is. https://ublockorigin.com/
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
How about p75 or higher instead? Nothing special about the median, and as others have pointed out, it's probably not enough to live in on given DC prices.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Higher GDP means, on average, better living conditions for the people that live in that country. This is a good thing. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/human-development-index-v...
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Practically speaking, there are no hard planetary boundaries.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
What's your problem with growth? Growth means higher GDP which is correlated with all sorts of good things, including longer lives, and less food scarcity.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Innovation and efficiency gains also benefit consumers, provided there's any industry competition.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
I'm a fan of weightlifting, and agree that there are numerous health benefits to doing so, but I think the extra calorie burning is over-hyped. From what I've read you get 6-10 calories per pound of muscle per day, at rest. Not no
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
I expect my index funds to be worth more tomorrow than today (on average), but still manage to pay for things with USD. If buying, selling and transacting fees are low enough, I don't see why bitcoin's (to pick one) value changes
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Nuclear winter is extremely unlikely to be survivable for most humans. With enough sediment in the atmosphere the earth will cool AND most crops will fail, causing world-wide famines.
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
"In 2021 the CO2 Coalition submitted a public comment opposing climate change disclosure rules by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Coalition asserted "There is no 'climate crisis' and there is no evidence
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by mritterhoff 1y ago
Lead certainly doesn't. Which is why we (mostly) stopped putting it in gasoline.

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