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spiritofenter
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spiritofenter
10y ago
Thank you for your points and information.
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spiritofenter
10y ago
I have the same feelings but have trouble finding good statistics that help tell this story. Do you know where to start looking?
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spiritofenter
10y ago
Thank you, I will try to research this for myself.
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spiritofenter
10y ago
Thank you, I will try to educate myself. Here is one interesting plot: national employment-to-population ratio. Try plotting it from 1990 to 2016, it shows a significant drop in '08 which has not recovered very much since. http:/
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spiritofenter
10y ago
You may be underestimating how difficult it is to make good and correct strides in social science, compared to hard sciences. To a large extent progress in sciences like sub-atomic physics depends on ability to (1) simplify the problem down
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spiritofenter
10y ago
Thank you for responding, this gave me food for thought. (Also, you can add extra line breaks in your comment to get breaks between your numbered points.) Also wondering how much you were convinced about Trump's sincerity. Whether he t
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spiritofenter
10y ago
- I hear a lot from people that issues like gay rights didn't hit home until they became friends with (or realized that they were friends with) a gay person. Similarly with for example Muslims. This article hit home there. - The point
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spiritofenter
10y ago
I would like to hear you elaborate on your reasons for voting Trump, particularly what kinds of changes you are expecting/looking forward to.
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spiritofenter
10y ago
I could guess why: - Thiel is a founder of Palantir, a.k.a. the private branch of the NSA. - He also has strong vested interests in the health of hedge funds and the financial industry, as well as strong opinions favoring deregulation. - He