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by observation 9y ago
Have big hopes for this fascinating area! :-) Bring on Ghost in the Shell!
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by observation 9y ago
I like your idea. Like John I doubt such a thing exists.
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by observation 9y ago
Maybe a Babel Fish, only for politics instead of language. The question might be: do we really want to understand each other? Or straight to fisticuffs? I don't regard myself as especially enlightened, I think that's another kind
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by observation 9y ago
I was looking through /r/all yesterday, it's impressive how partisan it has become. In my view the single biggest job in Silicon Valley that nobody is taking seriously is the role of moderation. It's nearly impossible to
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by observation 9y ago
Other civil/intellectual communities I've found interesting or useful include: slatestarcodex.com kk.org/cooltools/ reddit.com/r/audiodrama It seems easier to find good narrowly defined communities than ones wi
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by observation 9y ago
Good news, as anybody listening to gastropod will know! https://gastropod.com/the-birds-and-the-bugs/
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by observation 9y ago
That's not really the problem though is it? The threat is becoming another pondskipper on the ocean of human experience. When you know 40-something people who've spent their entire existence revolving around popular culture, you k
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by observation 9y ago
Hey, I think you're doing a good job. 4 lake trout beats any number of upvotes!
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by observation 9y ago
It's best to avoid the topic or we'll be encountering Scott and Daniel.
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by observation 9y ago
I miss the days when nobody used their real name online and certainly didn't attach photos of their face to it. Most of us would be better off if we went back to those days, I expect a lot of HN users already don't have social med
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by observation 9y ago
I don't see this kind of thing in European countries, nowhere close to this level. It's clearly a moral panic.
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by observation 9y ago
That literally and metaphorically doesn't add up.
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by observation 9y ago
* I reiterate a former reply to this exact article. I am unbribed. I suspect this is an example of Troll Science for economists. 1. The question becomes: if it is economical then why isn't it the case from the start. Why do nations exi
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by observation 9y ago
I'm researching the construction of my house, framing to finishing, and the handbook made me think of the higher level side affects of material choice, shape, I had not fully considered before. I also strongly recommend "Home Comf
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by observation 9y ago
This is why I'm part of Reddit's Buyitforlife cult.
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by observation 9y ago
I think you would be interested in Biophilic Design. https://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/report/14-patterns/
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by observation 9y ago
I did something a little more drastic. I have a electronic timer device on my plug socket for the internet router. So much easier than screwing around with software.
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by observation 9y ago
Data: https://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/images/...
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by observation 9y ago
http://www.socialmatter.net/ is an example of that. Obviously it doesn't have the same reach but eventually I imagine something like this will be a future NPR for the right. No Agenda is popular and generally well rece
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by observation 9y ago
I expect truckers run into the same problem I do. It's difficult to have enough good content, it takes time and energy to discover the good podcasts and some percent of serendipity is required to keep it interesting.
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by observation 9y ago
I feel that when I read old textbooks, even the children's ones. People have gotten less coherent, I don't know why, but I suspect it is so.
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by observation 9y ago
This is where the rightist points out that most positive examples historically had ethnically homogeneous populations and that those populations with growing minorities also are developing integration problems that are usually blamed, perha
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by observation 9y ago
Do you mean you don't agree or that you don't see what I meant?
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by observation 9y ago
It's not a value judgment. It is a fact. Plenty of polls, references and other evidence exists. Or ask any Turk.
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by observation 9y ago
> References? In my personal experience that's far for accurate. If anything they are an extremely nationalistic country. Turkey is a nation that is even more nationalistic and they have very serious trust issues with their fellow c
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by observation 9y ago
European countries are much smaller than the USA. I realize that within the USA there exist differences but I think your population centers are far larger than ours. Europe has a larger population but it is very dense with small, medium and
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by observation 9y ago
It could be kin selection. In the past people lived closer to and interacted more with people of similar genetic ancestry. The real question is why wouldn't civic qualities decline. You can look at this on an economic lens - people d
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by observation 9y ago
Oddly enough anonymously polled edgelords from 4chan aren't centrists. This is a terrible way to conduct research.
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by observation 9y ago
Antifa's name and flag come from 1930s Germany, a group called Antifaschistische Aktion, a communist paramilitary organization patterned on the Bolsheviks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifaschistische_Aktion So
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by observation 9y ago
Could get hit by anti-trust. IANAL of course.

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