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Blockchains are peer-to-peer cloud computers that collectively enforce a set of rules on a historical record that they create together. If the rules meet your needs, you can use a blockchain’s history as the source of truth for any informat
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Resources are an illusion that requires your consent to maintain. That armed force is getting paid with money that people have to agree to accept for it to be worth anything. Alternatively, that armed force could enslave the people at gunpo
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Changing the rules is only a temporary fix. Capitalism is an evolutionary force that selects for the most profitable business practices. Anyone who finds a way to buy influence under the new rules will outcompete those who don't. New r
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If money is used in ways you find harmful, don't accept that money. People trade access to your work to wield power, and you can withdraw consent for them to do so by rejecting that money. If people think money is being used for bad, t
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> this sort of subtle corruption is endemic and impossible to completely end in any human society You're correct that democracy will always be captured by money. In a very real sense, our political system isn't democracy. It
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Very true. We can subsidize those trips if we want to, but I don't think that will be necessary. Employers in high congestion areas will have to pay more to compete with other employers. It'll probably work itself out, but if it d
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This is possible with current consumer-grade webcams. You'll video conference like you do today, except you'll see life-like rendered avatars of each participant. Participants with VR headsets will be able to see everyone else sit
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All you have to do to eliminate congestion is to raise the price of congestion until it goes away. Don't want to pay the full price? Share a ride with other people. This is only unpopular because so many people would rather have free,
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Personal insults are poor form, especially when the people you're insulting have added tons of value to this community with their advice. I know this is the internet, but you're talking about real people, man.
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We can't keep expecting "employers" to solve problems like this because fewer and fewer people will have employers. Coase's theory of the firm explains employment as a way to reduce transaction costs—it's hard to fi
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The American people are more creative than you give us credit for. The Supreme Court strikes down popular laws all the time, and somehow we've managed to carry on.
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Constitutions are created to kill popular, reasonable laws. There are plenty of disincentives for bad behavior that don't require the force of law.
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This isn't a Django problem. Just don't customize the admin. Ever. If the admin can't do what you want, pull out React and Django REST Framework and build something that does what you want.
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Blocking ads isn't just moral, it is imperative. Capitalism is an evolutionary force that selects for the most profitable business practices. Advertising allows businesses to buy profitable changes in behavior. If you understand why we
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I have spent the last year of my life on the finest intellectual playground I have ever known. The task at hand is to rethink everything about the way humans interact in our economy and society, then build the software to help them do it be
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React is a paradigm shift in UI development. If you've never tried it or a library inspired by it, that's why you're questioning the proponents. We're trying to spread the gospel that some folks found a better way to do
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It's not so bad. You just pick the most popular thing or use the recommendations in articles like this one. The ecosystem is harder to dive into than any other language I've used, but you only dive in fresh the first time (or afte
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This is just wrong. Every reputable economist I've come across disagrees with what you're saying. As with climate change, if we ignore experts, we will needlessly careen toward disaster. Conservative economists like Edward Glaeser
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Low density zoning—especially suburban, single family zoning—is tantamount to segregation. We must end it. It forces people who want to save money by purchasing less land to live somewhere else. That is, it forces lower-income people to liv
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Android runs Chrome. The only drawback is the windowing system isn't right for the form factor. Split screen in Android N will probably make the Pixel C loved by many. "Internal politics" makes it sound like a mistake, but wh
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If you believe that too much of the gains from progress have accrued to capital, you can fight to redistribute those gains. Protectionism is redistribution too, it's just poorly directed. Personally, I'd rather see the wealthy fun
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We should not emulate the legal protectionism that those industries have pursued. The legally imposed shortages in these industries raise prices and make everyone else poorer. I want no part in that. The aim of our industry should be to mak
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Why shouldn't the global economy seek to make labor fungible? Why shouldn't Indians and Hungarians have the same opportunities to work that I do? I think putting other people who are trying to produce value at a disadvantage for p
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Uber is actively developing ride experiences like UberPool and UberHop that link multiple riders together in ways that can avoid a driver's car ever being empty. If the car isn't empty, they can't turn on Lyft.
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We'll find out, won't we? In the meantime, my audience is those who are willing to suspend disbelief and start learning about the technology to see if I'm right.
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Any recovery method can be built. Maybe your bank's key can authorize a new key for you. Maybe your government can. Maybe three out of five friends you picked can. It's better to start from the other side of the problem: how do yo
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Blockchains are decentralized cloud computers that enforce rules on a historical record. Bitcoin's rules are about managing a currency: how coins are issued, how to transfer them, etc. You can build a blockchain that enforces any rules
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The identity part is what's really going to surprise people. We now have the tools to build IDs that are more reliable and resilient than state-issued IDs, but can be used in any application without permission. Forms? Where we're
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This is a great article, but I disagree on one point. Blockchains aren't overhyped. Sure, people promote them for strange use cases sometimes. But I'm pretty confident that we'll look back on blockchains as under hyped. Bloc
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Is number of menu clicks actually a metric that should be maximized? If the only functions in the hamburger menu are things you don't actually need to use the app, you're probably fine. Consider Lyft and Uber. Their sidebar menus

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