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by snikeris 5y ago
> What would be really interesting is to set up a double-blind placebo study comparing the results of using antidepressants (SSRIs etc.) with the results of using psilocybin at similar levels. https://www.nejm.org/doi&#x2
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If you're curious, they gathered income, employment, and education data from both groups (table 1).
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Inflation incentivizes debt, debt leads to fragility, and then we're surprised when things break.
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I've noticed a similar dichotomy...the harder you are on yourself, the less compassion you have for other people.
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Simple Rick's!
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Dogs were the original AI. Human technologies that understand us and do our bidding.
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> having a PhD or ≤high school education This is interesting.
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> an environment in which you want to live. The environment you are proposing is unlivable. When you are living on less than $2 a day, things costing more is a matter of life and death. Your fellow humans need more sources of reliable en
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The consequences of pursuing fossil fuel elimination policies around the world(energytalkingpoints.com)
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A pro-human stance includes concern for the environment that humans live in. So I do want a healthy planet to live on. Making everything cost more for everyone...doesn't sound like much of a compromise
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> We need to change behavior. We need everyone that uses carbon to pay for its use (including the externalities) so that they stop using it as much as they are. This is why poor people can't be exempt. This is why the rich can'
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It's the same transaction throughput regardless of the number of miners.
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Brings to mind this guy’s project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/upperstory/spintronics-...
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Just like how only the elites can afford mobile phones and automobiles.
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I like to listen to old live music recordings on archive.org. One thing I’ve grown to love about such recordings is the spatial nature. Someone is standing in the audience with a stereo recorder and when you close your eyes and listen to th
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by snikeris 5y ago
I already pay a Land Value Tax to my town.
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My son would probably be dead if we didn't give birth in a hospital. The cord was wrapped around his neck three times and he wasn't breathing when he came out. A small team of doctors (angels) came in and saved his life. An hour o
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Principle of Existential Validation(themetaview.com)
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All of your ancestors raised children. We are machines, designed by nature to procreate. The notion that one would be objectively better off by avoiding the very process that brought themself into being...seems unlikely to me. Unless, we’re
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by snikeris 5y ago
I don’t think any laws need to change. Individual action is sufficient. I’m unhappy with how BBVA handled this so I’ll be moving my money elsewhere.
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Agreed. There seem to be too many folks frantically "doing something" these days. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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by snikeris 5y ago
> Timing is crucial for good returns - depending on when you put in and take out your money the returns can be negative (even in cases where you hold up to 15 years) This is well captured in this guy's drawdown charts: https:/
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> But a lot of things where money meets art are also weird I liked David Bowie's solution: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bowie-bond.asp
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Individuals can divert said snowball from said people.
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I liked this guy's take: "Two Centuries Of National Debt In One Year: Putting 2020 In Perspective" http://danielamerman.com/va/ccc/H3TwoCenturies.html
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I think the doctrine of an eye for an eye is alive and well in the West. It seems to be a part of the human condition. However, rejecting it isn't cowardice. It's spiritual growth.
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by snikeris 6y ago
https://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/courses/COP4610/hoare.pdf
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by snikeris 6y ago
This was a great exchange: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23894742
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Tolstoy: In their present condition men are like bees which have just swarmed and are hanging down a limb in a cluster. The position of the bees on the limb is temporary, and must inevitably be changed. They must rise and find a new home fo
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...because yields may continue going down. Other countries have shown us that 0% yield isn't even the floor. A couple years ago, 30 year treasury yield was around 3% and people were saying the same thing...why would you own bonds. Peop

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