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by netcan 6y ago
Point taken. I didn't mean to be trite. Fishing is nutritionally important, and economically important to a lot of people in the world. This shouldn't be measured in gdp contribution. I also don't take the cultural element
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by netcan 6y ago
That's the point... worth is situational. If you have a project car that really wants a tesla engine.. the car wants what the car wants. I wouldn't be surprised if some number of Teslas have been bought new to scrap.
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by netcan 6y ago
Tesla parts are actually really valuable. A lot of people want their engines (and batteries) for hot rod projects, and there are very few around. They can't be bought new, and the used price is probably higher than new would be. I hear
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by netcan 6y ago
you are right but "citation needed" isn't a polite way of responding to a comment. This isn't a wikipedia editing battle.
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by netcan 6y ago
Be wary of intrinsic thinking. Something may not be intrinsic, but still be the expected result. In principle, wild harvests are not intrinsically harmful to the environment. In practice, all commercial fisheries are to various degrees. Lar
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by netcan 6y ago
This is an analogy that is made too seldomly. We already played this game with commercial game hunting, hardwood harvesting, etc. We even played it to conclusion with oceanic species and systems. EG cod fisheries. The same principle are at
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by netcan 6y ago
Getting mad at etymology is a sisyphean torture. You will always lose at this game. It's the nature of language. I'm mad at "literally," because it evolved out of a misunderstood cliche that became an "um word.&quot
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by netcan 6y ago
Well... criticising anyone's degree (even though I also have such a degree) is always arrogant. That's the point we're at though. It has become the most popular degree while simultaneously getting worse in quality... starting
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by netcan 6y ago
In most republics we pretend that class doesn't exist, and it doesn't in the rigid ways that it did previously. It does however, always exist in some form. In the UK, class is still discernible immediately by accent, schools are m
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by netcan 6y ago
Theory and practice. In theory, you could take your college costs and spend them more wisely elsewhere. Internet age gurus like Peter Thiel, Seth Godin & others have been advocating this for 20 years. Want to learn business? Take $50k o
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by netcan 6y ago
Exactly. People are not extremely attentive to social status & class-adjacent stuff out of foolishness. This stuff has always been extremely important to everything job/money related. Human society, and the economy are not rational
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by netcan 6y ago
I would say that any parent who outright rejects this logic is a moron too, probably moreso. The idea that "social desirability" does not reflect actually valuable stuff is foolish. Class exists in some form in every society. Peop
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by netcan 6y ago
True. I don't think we disagree much. This is part of the reason why I think the level of investment needs to remain high. College performs a complex task. It can't just be replaced by coursera. I do think that in-person lectures,
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by netcan 6y ago
It's hard to run a micro-policy in a contradictory macro-environment. The incentives (mostly via credit, but also social incentive) for regular college is already super-high... as is the incentive of colleges that receive this credit a
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by netcan 6y ago
> "Sustainable fishing" means just that the populations do not decline. "Zero tolerance for marine mammal bycatch" has nothing to do with this." Environmental sustainability doesn't "scope creep" f
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by netcan 6y ago
Somewhat different take. The student debt problem is not really related to the college format. The format existed in earlier decades, exists in other countries and exists in K-12 education without runaway costs and student debt. It's m
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by netcan 6y ago
Ross Perot was literally being satanic. In the most explicit biblical (and quranic) story of satan, he and god debate Job's loyalty to god. Satan tortures job, kills his wife and children, poisons his crops, his body... The point is to
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by netcan 6y ago
I didn't say "superior," and I don't mean it. I also don't mean that the US should copy China, only that it is.. kinda. I do, however, think the view that " open societies have systematically outperformed autho
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by netcan 6y ago
Sure. The new new part here is that the US has come around to the chinese point of view, to some extent... and for much of the same reasons. Deng Xiaping's famous line during the chinese market reform era was " If you open the win
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by netcan 6y ago
Thanks. I agree on extending the point past statistics. When we talk a lot about schooling tha should prepare kids for the world, that talk is usually directed at work-ready type skills. Coding, resume writing, etc. We really need to update
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by netcan 6y ago
Not everything is conspiracy. The US isn't unique here. Statistics is more important than it used to be. Schooling just hasn't changed.
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by netcan 6y ago
Covid has really driven home a point to me. As a society, we are statistically illiterate. Politicians and journalists particularly so. Most of our important, newsworthy information today is statistical. This is a real problem. In the conte
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by netcan 6y ago
I agree there's no likely way to make UBI revenue neutral. That's not what I meant. It costs something. I think it's a cost that is worth it, and I think it's a cost that's feasible. Nothing is free. If you want to
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by netcan 6y ago
Agreed on the framing, coupling and on carbon tax generally. Carbon taxes are a sort of economic theory gone rogue as it hits the political scene. I am extremely frustrated that the green side of politics is pushing this so hard. It's
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by netcan 6y ago
i don't
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by netcan 6y ago
This is a side effect of organisational structure, imo, less so personality. Modern companies have an increasingly "court politics" culture and structure. Many roles are unique, and organisational structure is constantly changing.
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by netcan 6y ago
(Also europe.. ireland) I would confirm this take. I would also say that "upper class" in modern european terms, refers to something different then in other times... or possibly in the US. We have a more cultural take on class. It
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by netcan 6y ago
There is parsimony between recent interest in fasting for health and the fact that so many cultures & religions prescribe ritual fasts. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism... That doesn't mean traditions and beliefs are necessar
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by netcan 6y ago
so... jericho?
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by netcan 6y ago
To the first part, I meant that the range of possible worlds is very broad. Resources aren't a limiting factor. Facebook could continue to do facebook regardless of financial burdens placed on them. If not, someone else can. This wasn&

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