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You still don’t give an obvious use case for cryptocurrencies (beyond the math being interesting). You are right that most technologies are not inherently evil but the same holds for „traditional“ banking including credit. There are plenty
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Of course this requires cryptocurrencies to have some form of actual utility, which so far isn’t in evidence. Absent this utility, excess renewable energy could simply be stored for later use, ie in chemical batteries or as hydrogen.
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Dude, if you feel the existential urge to write something pithy and sarcastic, kindly do us all a favor and first read the entire thread. You might notice that your well-though out comment has no relation to what was actually said and save
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I’m saying that absurd wealth is exactly that: absurd. Wealth, especially extreme wealth, is to a large extend self perpetuating and not reliant on individual performance and relies instead on redistribution from below to exist. As such it
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I would like to see a source for the argument, that because Bezos did something highly impactful once, he is likely to do it again. His personal track record seems to be unimpressive, if you look at his other ventures. Blue Origin is the mo
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If Bezos were to distribute all his Amazon shares equally between Amazon employees, not a single person would loose their job, but many people would have a significantly better life. Bezo's wealth is essentially unproductive, serving o
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This argument doesn't make sense. For one, Bezos is not the only person responsible for Amazon's success. The company literally is one of the largest employers in the U.S. and a notable employer in many other places. Tens of thous
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Source: climate change. It was really nice to emit a lot of carbon for a few decades, now it begins to cause real problems, conflicts and costs. Technical innovations should not simply assume that negative externalities are „fine“. Innovato
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Until you notice that in some indirect way your life livelihood (or that of others in your community or some other actor with influence) does depend on that sea life. People are really quick to argue for the seemingly simple fix when intera
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This comment betrays complete ignorance over the legal framework that these agreements are situated in, Germany’s political economy, the future and present cost structure of coal mining and comparable precedents in Germany’s recent history
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Jesus, I was talking about societies with modern justice systems focused on rehabilitation, not civil-war era wild west. Yes, of course absent a functioning justice system revenge cycles will occur. But the whole argument in this thread is
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What you are describing is the plot of a Liam Neeson action flick, and not how real life works. Revenge killings are not a thing or you’d read about them in societies with “lenient” punishments. And if someone threatens your life in the mom
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> You prevent crimes by removing people that commit them from society. By that logic the U.S. should be among the least crime-ridden societies in the world, having an incarceration rate of 531 people per 100,000 compared to 67 per 100,00
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> I think you underestimate the revenge cycle that might occur if society wanted to be more lenient than life in prison, which was the result here. […] My guess is you are writing from a U.S. point of view. You are severely underestimati
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> Rehabilitation basically doesn't happen, in the sense that interventions don't seem to reduce recidivism rates. Sources? Here are some that confirm the effectiveness of various interventions/approaches: - https:/&#
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"Family" in medieval times was conceived much more broadly than today. So while back then the inner core of a family unit might have been much more dependent on each other and adhered to more of internally enforced rules, the actu
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There is no victimless crime, you can practically always find someone directly or indirectly harmed by it. The idea of rehabilitation is that victims may have the right to restitution or reparation (to be made whole, or at least approach th
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How does the (in democratic societies) generally accepted principle in dubio pro reo fit into this? Your assumption would predict that societies that adhere to that standard can not function, because even if everyone is convinced of the g
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The Tesla Model S has been out for more than a decade by now. Nissan Leafs, Renault Zoes and a couple of others have been available as production cars in decent numbers for a similar length of time. Tesla says that Model S and X cars experi
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How about you provide some data instead of anecdotes. You requested the same from me and I provided. Of course people aren't "morons" and I never said as much. But people generally do what they are used to and what trusted au
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In 2017, the average US household made 5.1 daily vehicle trips with a length of 9.6 miles: https://www.bts.gov/content/average-annual-pmt-vmt-person-tr... This is more than the average German car drives daily, but st
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If that's your experience with an EV it's most likely a warranty issue. Happens with ICE cars as well. So far, battery degradation for EV batteries (Tesla's to be exact) has been much less severe as has been feared: https:&#
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The average car in Germany is making two trips per day, 15km each: https://umwelt-fragen.de/durchschnittliche-autostrecke-in-de... So more or less a very typical commute. My 2016 Nissan Leaf could do this daily drive for 5
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If no EV has the range you require you are a tiny minority of car users. Current Tesla models can have a 300+ miles/500+ km range. I've driven a Tesla Model 3 on long road trips and the range is more or less limitless in praxis: e
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Modern electric cars have 300+ mile ranges and charge about 80% of that in 20 minutes or less. For city dwellers without access to a charging point at home, it would be completely feasible to spend about as much time at public charging stat
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The activists have been arrested for participating in similar protests before and a court has deemed that they were likely to participate in similar protests again, and cause significant public disturbances. Others have pointed out that the
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Also might be worth mentioning that the Bavarian state police law that these arrests are based on is actively challenged in court and there arrests could become part of that case.
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I’m with you on the first paragraph, but in the second paragraph you may not be aware that Germany has a clear and legally binding roadmap to end coal mining. Could it be quicker? Sure. Would it have helped if nuclear power stations would h
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There is a wide spectrum between completely illegal and absolute free access and while I would Position most drugs on the liberal side of the spectrum, there are good reasons to manage access in some ways, I.e. age limits, legal settings fo
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Not disappeared but lost significance: goats, Camel, horses (for meat), rabbits, eels, various poultry, and of course a 99% reduction of the commercially grown varieties of pigs, cows and chicken (now called „heritage breeds“)

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