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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Most of humanity already lives in conditions you would consider “semi-modern”. I understand that change can be scary and that yes you personally will either need to adapt your expectations to live a comfortable semi-modern lifestyle. Or per
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Admittedly Marx is more generous than you- he didn’t want a hard upper limit in wealth and rather thought wealth would increase further after the transition. So yes you do differ from Marx in that you’re a bit harder on people.
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Who’s “we” and what do you mean by “livable”? There’s no mainstream climate model that predicts the globe becoming uninhabitable for humanity. Even the worst case scenarios in well done models only show global growth slowing by a few percen
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
The idea that capitalism should go to a point and then be stopped is a pretty standard one from Marx. He greatly admired capitalism but believed once it made people rich it would no longer be needed and the workers would naturally take over
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Why? I just told you I have no particular interest in politics…
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
I’m not an expert in political theory nor in practice. I also have no particular interest in politics. My only concern is that my jurisdiction allows me to conduct my private business in peace. Asking people like us to do these things is ri
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Cars also don’t move in easily predicted patterns for decades without turning from their predetermined path.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
I’ve seen people pitch plastic mulch as a no-till and organic farming solution. Never made much sense to me - but I’m not a farming expert at all.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Has anyone tried vyper instead of solidity and if so does it help mitigate any of these security issues? I haven’t tried it because audited libraries are critical to smart contract development and I don’t know if any decent ones outside of
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Social constructs don’t determine what is real or not. Instead they function as processes within a wider ecosystem. Every political decision that’s made has adverse consequences since they require force, no matter the political structure. I
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If by democratic you mean rule by the demos, it has a very long history of at least 3000 years across multiple world regions. Even the much maligned managerial state has a history tracing back to ancient roots. While history is not a justif
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
States have taken measures to ensure food security going back almost 10,000 years in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Chinese granaries. If people really want to reduce the degree of intervention in markets by the state, better targets would be
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
The world is slightly worse without lbry. Oh well, they should have banned USA users from the beginning.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
SEC just a few days ago lost most of its case against XRP where it’s strict definition of the Howey test was decided by the judge to be incorrect regarding crypto tokens. The judge did rule for the SEC regarding investment contracts concern
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Something people often forget about Helsinki, Finland is that the weather is quite nice year round. Anyway I wasn’t even thinking about e-bikes in winter, but rather what it would be like near my residence in monsoon season (which is curren
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Most cryptocurrencies are designed to survive exactly this situation. An attenpted USA ban on crypto has been expected from the very beginning, since blockchains transfer power from the elites like you to everyone else.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
There’s been a lot of advancements during this bear market (which is the longest bear market in crypto history). Most of the interesting advances have been along the decentralized application front, although there’s also been a lot of more
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
I’m just imagining going out on an ebike in the local weather here… lol. Maybe e-bikes are a good solution in SF where the weather is great year round but not in most places in the world.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
It’s always funny to me when I see institutions publish reports in the credibility crisis, because their solution is always to do more media operations. But the lack of trust comes from the behavior of these institutions and their use of th
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
The SEC has argued in some crypto cases that even if just a few token holders buy for profit instead of for utility, the token is still a security. Of course that’s wrong, but it is the SEC official position.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Most countries and most people don’t need usd to conduct daily transactions. Why should crypto be any different?
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
An interestimg implication is people already in crypto from early on may be given access to services later comers can’t get. If dollars are not freely exchangeable with crypto it’s very difficult to buy a large and growing set of goods and
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
State’s Travel advisories are a bit of a joke. Often they’ll be issued for places that are safer and have stronger rule of law than the USA.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
In common parlance, an asset bubble is called a Ponzi scheme. Actual Ponzi schemes should be referred to as “rob peter to pay Paul” scams to prevent confusion.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Less liquidity between the fiat and crypto ecosystem cuts both ways - it makes fiat less valuable since low liquidity creates a class of products and services that cannot be purchased with fiat. If people still want those services, they wil
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
It doesn’t really matter to actual blockchains what the sec does or doesn’t do. It does matter to the centralized bandits like coinbase who tell people they are “buying crypto” when in fact they are buying a liability that may or may not be
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Ethereum censors transactions. People still use it as a permisionless financial platform, which allows the delivery of novel consumer goods. Primarily gambling, speculation, and other forms of entertainment.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Benefits of fossil fuels for developing countries greatly outweigh risks of climate change. Preventing climate change is a luxury good for wealthy countries so that they can get the psychological benefits from stability and nature worship.
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Capitalism is closer to numerology or Kabbalah than ritual. The failure of the author to distinguish between different types of spiritual practices makes the entire article fall flat, which is sad because an investigation into the relations
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by simple-thoughts 3y ago
Gensler is a Bitcoin maxi. He tried to walk back the previous head’s statements on ethereum but unfortunately for him it cannot be done easily. However he will do his best to ban all other crypto.

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