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by nugget 7y ago
Weren't these patterns the same in the era of news delivered via newspaper? In old movies, the family reads the newspaper at the breakfast table, and in old photographs, everybody on the bus had a newspaper in their hands.
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by nugget 7y ago
Here's a recent exposé about homelessness in Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw My takeaway: drug addiction and mental illness are the real problems. Homelessness is just a symptom of the disease. W
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by nugget 7y ago
>I don’t see anyone clamoring to allow these small investor be allowed to get in on unicorns pre IPO Really? This sentiment is blanketed all over HN and other investment forums. One of the major macro changes to the investment landscap
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by nugget 7y ago
I went to a top school and my observations in hindsight: 1. brilliant professors and peers were inspirational and encouraged ambitious and creative thinking 2. >90% of education is self-education 3. very little of what I learned in class
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by nugget 8y ago
I read the article as half editorial and half Tom Wolfe -esque fictional narrative - and while I know that may not have been the author’s intention, I quite enjoyed it as such.
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by nugget 8y ago
I wouldn't call Norway socialist so much as credit them for having had excellent governance. They invested the taxes they collected very wisely for the long-term common good of their citizens. Any country with any system of governanc
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by nugget 8y ago
>It is not how most rich people got rich by any stretch of the imagination. Have you read the Millionaire Next Door? I suppose it depends how you define "rich" these days, but the data in that book seems to indicate that most U
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by nugget 8y ago
In your model you’d simply shift (even more) corruption onto the appraisal process.
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by nugget 8y ago
Do you mean the University of Kansas?
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by nugget 8y ago
I don’t think anyone is arguing for no regulation. I am supporting competition within a regulatory framework. Constitutional, consumer, environmental, and other similar protections are all critical. It’s a reality that there remain very
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by nugget 8y ago
Isnt competition in free markets healthy? Doesn’t it tend to benefit everybody over time as products and services improve? Why would State or municipal governance, as a service, be immune from this? A US Supreme Court Justice once called
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by nugget 8y ago
You’re absolutely correct, some of the time. On the other hand, at other times, academic researchers can conjure up an armada of buzz words and hot air balloons to support a position that even very limited real-world experience and common s
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by nugget 8y ago
In my experience houses greater than 6k sq ft are useful for one of a couple scenarios: either you have >5 residents (parents, grandparents, kids, live-in help) and need lots of bedrooms/extra space, or you're throwing frequent
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by nugget 8y ago
That’s a very commendable metric to use but there’s very little political support for it. If Medicare banned hip replacements for anyone older than 75 and reallocated those resources to preventative care, many more “years” of life would li
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by nugget 8y ago
One difference I’ve noted between Americans and Europeans (especially the British) is the attitude towards quality of care. Many more Americans expect the “best” care; it’s almost encoded in DNA, like a byproduct of their fiercely independe
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by nugget 8y ago
What are the best replacements (products, services, or just best practices) for Facebook's core utility of sharing photos and updates, and generally staying in touch with family and friends in your network? I agree with you that there
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by nugget 8y ago
I used to believe everything you’ve stated until I dove into the twin studies, and more recently the GWAS data from Europe. Read the literature yourself with an open mind and you may be surprised. Ironically, as society has become more en
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by nugget 8y ago
Of course you’re correct that test prep can skew the results, but SAT scores are still one of the best measures available at scale, hence why they are so widely used despite the obvious flaws. Other than a DNA test for IQ, you can prep for
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by nugget 8y ago
>Of course, if intelligence is only partially hereditary (as you suggested) then Harvard would do better to just apply some uniform standard of intelligence measurements to all applicants, assuming that the goal is to admit the most inte
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by nugget 8y ago
Given that IQ seems to be >50% hereditary, wouldn’t we expect legacies to be over-represented in any meritocracy that partially selects for such a trait? I don’t think Harvard is a pure meritocracy, it’s more of a theoretical question.
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by nugget 8y ago
I used to believe this but it turns out that net benefits (by almost any measure) have increased continually: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-05-16/the-u-... The fact that so many people don&#
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by nugget 8y ago
What led you to believe that it was a terrible mistake?
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by nugget 8y ago
Middle class American kids are raised to have certain expectations about quality of life - that if they pursue a decent education then they can work 40 hours a week and afford a comfortable house in a safe neighborhood, resources to attract
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by nugget 8y ago
I think of it more as appetite for risk than creativity. The US system encourages and rewards taking risks more so than others. Failure is forgiven and sometimes even celebrated. I worked in Japan and found its famously risk-averse cultu
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by nugget 8y ago
Soy contains phytoestrogens which certain populations (e.g. women pregnant with male fetuses) may be advised to reduce intake of or avoid. Something to keep in mind as meat replacements become more popular - that it may not be a one-size-f
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by nugget 8y ago
Yes, you're pretty much free to do whatever you want on this earth, within the bounds of what's physically possible. Of course if society disagrees with your actions then you may be fined, imprisoned, or even killed in the case o
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by nugget 8y ago
Right or wrong is sometimes, but not always, relative. There are objective standards of morality that the majority of people subscribe to.
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by nugget 8y ago
150+ IQ is a lonely place to be because there aren’t many other people to connect with, especially for kids born in more rural areas without resources. It’s easy for these kids to self destruct. Turning a kid that smart into a happy, stab
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by nugget 8y ago
Being on call and in a constant state of readiness to troubleshoot problems is tiresome. Even if problems rarely occur, the constant awareness of potential responsibility can quickly lead to burn out. The medical field has known this for
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by nugget 8y ago
A wrongful termination lawsuit in a case like this should cost no money (contingency) and take very little time and energy, if you have the right lawyers. Arbitration would be even less commitment, with potentially less upside.

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