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by tpeo 9y ago
The only issue with this idea is that it really ... doesn't tie in with evolution. Because ultimately, the default state of any organism should be to be attempting to reproduce. But I stress "ultimately", because there's
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by tpeo 9y ago
Contemporary journalism indeed doesn't have a monopoly on terribleness, as you've mentioned. But this is actually the point. Because if I'm really going after the heart of this criticism, it really doesn't matter if I un
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by tpeo 9y ago
To answer the second question, a financial journalist might not take up a hedge fund management position on the basis of the risks involved, career stability, hedonic factors, etc. besides the purely monetary gains involved. Understanding s
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by tpeo 9y ago
I'm starting to believe that there isn't such a thing as reputation when it comes to news. Or rather, that low quality news has such little impact on readership due the strategic nature of news reading (e.g. even if you might not
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by tpeo 9y ago
I feel so glad that we finally live in the future. Such a shame how terrible it is, though.
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by tpeo 9y ago
No new words are needed. What you need is that people stop conjuring new words to explain the same things over and over again, using and re-using words under different meanings without ever bothering to either listen or read their predecess
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by tpeo 9y ago
Jesus, who thought that chart was a good idea?
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by tpeo 9y ago
When politicians mention "capping energy bills", that means trying to cap final consumer tariffs. What I mean by "price-cap" is a regulatory model which determines how governmental contracts for public utility might be w
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by tpeo 9y ago
None of this has nothing to do with what I said.
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by tpeo 9y ago
Carriages were certainly dangerous, but the death rates from carriage travel wouldn't be immediately comparable to those from car travel since the rise of the latter changed the geometry of cities. In so far as the city became more car
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by tpeo 9y ago
Reminds me of chapters eighteen and nineteen of the Tao Te Ching. Specially the third and fourth lines of chapter eighteen: "When wisdom and intelligence are born,/ The great pretense begins." But I'm not entirely sure
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by tpeo 9y ago
If I'm not mistaken, the UK uses price-cap regulation in electricity distribution, which is one where government just sets a maximum per unit price for electricity. The standing charge only pays the cost of maintaining his own individu
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by tpeo 9y ago
Why do you say that you pay more for the variable part?
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by tpeo 9y ago
Zero marginal cost doesn't imply that the product or service in question has no value. Rather, it implies that producing has no value to the firm. But it can still have value to potential consumers. As an example, take any market with
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by tpeo 9y ago
It's not like having and using Facebook is necessarily unfeasible for people who aren't crazy about it, which makes that a bad metaphor. Having a case of "sour grapes" over Facebook makes as much sense as having a case o
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by tpeo 9y ago
How much does the average user actually use Facebook, specially nowadays? I'd be rather surprised if the total amount of time spent on Facebook didn't have something like a power-law distribution. The only reason I have an account
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by tpeo 9y ago
I think saying that people might trade arbitrary portions of data instead of some specified standard is missing the point. People already can trade arbitrary portions of data in the absence of previously agreed standards. The real issue, sp
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by tpeo 9y ago
Oh, now I see. I think that I should thank you instead, for clearing that up.
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by tpeo 9y ago
If a passcode is available in the world, it can be grabbed and intent can be feigned just as well.
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by tpeo 9y ago
I was really thinking in biometry as used in a more ordinary situation, like a laptop fingerprint reader. With the most likely form of malicious behavior here being that of identity theft by a small-time attacker. Having to dodge biometric
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by tpeo 9y ago
That's a very interesting perspective! But you must recognize that it's a very abstract approach, no? I mean, when someone identifies themselves through biometry, there's clearly an element of intent. And if they write down p
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by tpeo 9y ago
From observing the behavior of some people online, I think that there are people out there who just like to write stuff, regardless of whether anyone might read or care. This can be good or bad. I've read good posts from clearly forgot
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by tpeo 9y ago
Depending on the nerdy and tiny social network, I would pay way more than ten cents.
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by tpeo 9y ago
Having some limit to posts is an interesting idea. But I don't see much of a return on investment for the users in this approach. Why should I pay to have people see my post? Shouldn't I have to pay people to see their posts inste
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by tpeo 9y ago
You can delegate their education to someone disciplined and with lots of willpower, if you're up to it. Mind you that, though you made a non-hypothetical question, this is a hypothetical and speculative answer. I'm not suggesting
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by tpeo 9y ago
Assume that all these countries have had different levels of exposure to slavery, meaning the total amount of GDP can be attributed to slavery, and that would be thus lost if they abolished slavery and refused to trade with companies or ind
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by tpeo 9y ago
I think you give too much credit to economists as propagandists. Pretty much any other kind of social scientist receives way more space in the media than economists do. And an educated layman seems way more likely to be acquainted with the
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by tpeo 9y ago
Well, the submission itself has a section entitled "Institutions". Institutional economics is a field of economics that studies the impact of the strength, stability and overall design of "institutions", in the widest po
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by tpeo 9y ago
Yes, there was. It is literally called "The Great Divergence". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divergence
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by tpeo 9y ago
I'm not sure what you think I suppose to mean. The economic impact of colonialism is already an active area of study. I'm just pointing out that it exists.

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