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by tdehnel 3y ago
If we increase corporate taxes, companies will respond by either raising prices, struggling to innovate/grow, or going out of business. Which of those outcomes do you prefer and why?
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by tdehnel 3y ago
It is easier than ever to start a company, even one that makes physical goods, and compete in almost every sector.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Please knock it off. Your logic doesn’t even make sense. Covid happened everywhere, yet SF has had among the worst recoveries: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/sanfrancisco/news/sf-covid-19-pa... In other parts of
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Imagine thinking the world is so simplistically assholes vs decent people and you’ve magically chosen to be decent. Here’s a hint: Being a “good person” aka compassion is not the only virtue. Contrast with conscientiousness which is doing w
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Ok, you pick the areas in which to limit progress. Or we could try to progress everywhere, including in areas of safety from technological risk.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
We should pair with this more innovation and cost reduction for air conditioning and other climate control technology.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
It’s more expensive up front to have separate units for all rooms.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Eventually, some thing that we cannot control (e.g. Giant meteor, pandemic, etc) will come to destroy us. If it does, it will be our fault for not progressing fast enough in terms of knowledge. There is no world in which we could, or would
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Most people think information is transmitted from source to receiver. This is actually wrong. What happens is the information is creatively formed in the mind of the receiver, by the receiver, in all cases. In other words, people form an ex
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Why would diversity necessarily be associated with leftism?
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by tdehnel 3y ago
It was an anti-signal before.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Would be great if they just came out and said it, instead of this passive aggressive nonsense.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
It could just as well be an improvement that makes people smarter, because they will learn not to just believe what they see/hear/read. Instead, they will have to learn to identify good explanations and rule out bad explanations.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
There is nothing in principle which prevents us from solving this problem. We cannot predict which new knowledge will solve it. But we can say that if we don’t solve it, it will be our fault for not producing the required knowledge fast eno
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Waking babies, causing anxiety attacks, generally disturbing the peace for many many people all so a single person can go vroom. I almost entirely always say we should err on the side of more personal freedom, but loud motorcycles need to b
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by tdehnel 3y ago
“…a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy
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by tdehnel 3y ago
In this case, the progress is “we learned that censoring nude statues is wrong, so we stopped doing it.” Would keeping slaves as a reminder of the evils of slavery make sense?
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by tdehnel 3y ago
This is a bad argument because it could be used to rationalize preventing any progress whatsoever.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
This is a textbook “not true but if so good” comment.
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by tdehnel 3y ago
Oh knock it off. By your logic you can’t even define what a definition is so your whole schtick goes poof. Bad unfalsifiable philosophy like this is why people hate philosophy. You’re just deliberately confusing people and trying to make yo
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by tdehnel 3y ago
This is a bad theory because it could apply to literally any time in the past or in the future. It’s infinitely variable and not falsifiable thus unscientific. Meanwhile, progress (aka people trying to make the world better) will continue w
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by tdehnel 4y ago
Yes, the lighthearted Medium post about food ordering is certainly the place to display your unwavering commitment to scientific rigor. We got a real intellectual heavyweight here everyone!
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by tdehnel 4y ago
Socialism is when the public owns the means of production. Sounds super democratic and fun! Except how are decisions made in such a system? The answer is always bureaucrats.
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by tdehnel 4y ago
Every year there's some new tax on the ballot to fix these problems. Every year they get worse. We pay more money here in SF, and the problems get worse. Genuinely asking: How do you solve societal issues? Because we know for sure how
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by tdehnel 4y ago
Utter nonsense. Anyone driving on the highway will check their speed when passing a police car.
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Crushing the Myth of Late-Stage Capitalism(tomdehnel.com)
2 points by tdehnel 4y ago|0 comments
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by tdehnel 4y ago
You switched from the motte to the bailey so fast right there it made my head spin. Yes, money is good. No, more centralized control over money is not good. Stop it with the socialist nonsense.
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by tdehnel 4y ago
I'm going to try and explain how I understand Peter Thiel's worldview here, which I've learned from listening to him talk and reading what he writes. You can downvote this all you want, but I believe it's an accurate int
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by tdehnel 4y ago
Why not just apply this same logic to finding a good accountant?
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by tdehnel 4y ago
What a condescending thing to say. I am surprised I have to explain good faith discussion to you, something I assumed was part of our culture here. The thing I believe you're missing is that new knowledge gained by solving one problem

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