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by trgn 4y ago
House value means nothing. For home owners, it's a guarantee to be able to stay in place. Californian home owners are all millionaires, but will never see that wealth materialize if they or their children want to stay in the same area.
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by trgn 4y ago
> Most people don’t want to pay the premium and don’t value the benefits that come with that premium. This is also called boiling the frog. People actually do care, but in the scheme of things, they'll accept it. The default lightbu
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by trgn 4y ago
maybe it's tautological. convergence is a euphemism for the downstream effects of prioritizing efficiency and simplicity due to mass manufacturing.
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by trgn 4y ago
I don't dispute we've seen quality improvements in some areas. Hiking gear is a complete triviality though. Nothing stopped people from enjoying hiking 50 years ago with bad gear, and the qualitative experience of camping, "e
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by trgn 4y ago
Can you provide some specific examples from a typical day?
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by trgn 4y ago
I agree to an extent. To use Loos's example, the original mass manufactured table was sturdy and practical. Its simple design meant that it would not to the fickle changes in fashion. This was the positive promise of mass manufacturing
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by trgn 4y ago
> all inexorably drawn towards the realm of Plato's Forms I almost retched reading that. All the examples in the article are of the most bland, disposable junk imaginable. I think the common interpretation of Plato's ideals is
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by trgn 4y ago
Art nouveau can be seriously intimidating, some of the interiors seem genuinely frightening to live in. Nonetheless, it was one of the last art movements with a true vision, and most importantly staying with the theme of the article, divorc
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by trgn 4y ago
It's much worse. It's global submission to the machine, which is not even a political project. What is easy, convenient, efficient, from a machine perspective, therefore is aspirational, desirable, wholesome from a human perspecti
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by trgn 4y ago
You might know already, but just to add on to it, director Nancy Meyers is (rightfully) admired for the impeccably designed homes in her movies https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/nancy-meyers-film-kitchens-... Jokey tone from
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by trgn 4y ago
That's not true. In the 1700s and 1800s peasants across the world dressed differently. There was local conformity, certainly, but global diversity. There's something insidious that is happening, so slow we are not recognizing it (
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by trgn 4y ago
Certainly, it's called the golden rule. Also, rejecting love and affection is the dumbest thing a person will ever do (not to speak to GPs example specifically of course, i don't know the situation).
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by trgn 4y ago
Very interesting. Millenials are also the most congenial generation, all social engagement is "nice". Our personalities (not just on twitter) are being homogenized as well. Conformity was a prime virtue of the bourgeoisie, it&#x27
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by trgn 4y ago
If people walked or biked to work, they'd end up eating healthier.
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by trgn 4y ago
The lever works the other way. A person who walks for their daily errands or for commuting, will not get overweight. Or otherwise they wouldn't be able to walk. So they won't eat as much. It's not the calories burned by walki
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by trgn 4y ago
Wrt your guild-proposal specifically, one concrete outcome I'd like to see is accreditation, something similar like certification exams administered by society of actuarians. High bar standardized exam on fundamentals of CompSci, which
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by trgn 4y ago
Getting something for free from some rando not wanting to bother with emptying their apartment does not really fit into my mental model of capitalism.
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by trgn 4y ago
> namely the CIA coup attempt to depose de Gaul to prevent the French from giving independence to Algeria. Funny to see this called out, my father is a huge francophile and I remember him going on about this when I was a kid (tbf - he s
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by trgn 4y ago
Thanks for the great read. Looking forward to delve more into the links you added. Of the cuff, the common vs civil law issue seems more of a formal difference, rather than a difference in outcome. Interpretation of common laws changes over
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by trgn 4y ago
Thanks for the different perspective. > It has basically created the blueprint of how we live today. The same case can be made for the american revolution, which was earlier, and which legacy is longer lasting. But yeah, point taken. Any
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by trgn 4y ago
lol yeah. I live in a city where practically nobody bikes, and bikes get stolen frequently. Nowhere near as bad though than European city. Bike theft is so rampant. It's just so easy, throw it in a truck, or pedal away with it. Since I
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by trgn 4y ago
Yeah, the american streetcar suburb truly is a gem, doesn't really exist on that scale in Europe. Lush, spacious, and verdant, but also walkable, with city feel and city amenities. Always great architecture. Mix of home sizes makes the
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by trgn 4y ago
and yet they didn't. It famously devolved in a terror state, and a restoration of the monarchy in half a lifetime. the french revolutionary program traded aristocratic rights for bureaucratic corruption. all we really got was the metri
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by trgn 4y ago
> Collective ownership of the means of production? I was thinking of proliferation of existing, but still uncommon incentive structures. More stock compensation, in more industries. More co-ops for smaller orgs. More unionization, while
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by trgn 4y ago
From what I gather, there used to be, the "streetcar suburb" was exactly that. It no longer exists, at all. best you may get is some new urbanist toy town in the exurbs. They're great because they're better than a regula
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by trgn 4y ago
> what people of your bent say unironically" Fair enough. I am certainly of that bent, and proud (ie. smug if you prefer) about it. I don't see irony and hyperbole as equivalent though. I am serious that bicycles are an excelle
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by trgn 4y ago
hmmm. Interesting. I see it the other way around. If the robot's ownership is concentrated in few hands, then there's indeed reason for the mob to arise. If the mob owns the robots instead, then there will be little reason for the
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by trgn 4y ago
Not if the angry mobs owns the robots and pays the man to feed his dog.
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by trgn 4y ago
Thanks for the link! Looking forward to dive into it.
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by trgn 4y ago
Yes! Can't believe we thought car-clogged city streets were actually aspirational. Truly mass delusion.

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