v-erne

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by v-erne 4y ago
Sure, luck inherent to the nature and reality. We cannot get rid of it and cerate totally deterministic system. But that does not mean that we cannot minimalize it and that somehow it has inherently good value. I could argue that almost all
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>>Capitalism isn't a zero sum game Maybe at this moment not, but I suspect that it has tendency to become one (when the tempo of inequality increase surpass increase of total wealth)
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>> First off, you can have competition and cooperation. Take a look at any sports team. It's a highly competitive environment that's also highly cooperative. You can't win unless you play as a team. Sport is probably th
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>> Do you think we should penalize people being lucky? If this means that this will increase morale of others, then why not? For me mere existence of luck factor means that the system is not build for the people but for the benefit o
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>>The invisible hand is just the profit motive I think You are underselling it - that's just the mechanic through which it works. But at the same time too mamy people treat it as idealogy and sell it as a silver bullet and not me
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by v-erne 4y ago
I marely tried to defend our ability (as humans) to create more complex systems that works. I do not believe that free makrets are the end game. The obvious inefficiency of public sector does not make capitalism the ultimate answer.
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>> Spouse time is vital to a healthy, strong, vibrant, lasting relationship Hear! Hear! This cannot be overstated. >> And kids grow up way too fast. Treasure every moment. And this on the other hand ... works only if You somehow
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>> I got rid of my smartphone and now the 20 minutes each day on the train where I'm "bored" are one of the most valuable parts of my day. And my mind feels much fresher after it, Thats interesting - I think I lost abil
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by v-erne 4y ago
Have you heard Come On to Me ? ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeJLrtFY7Ds ) For me this is the most Beatles like song by Paul done after Beatles.
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Profit motive is so primitive and so one dimensional constrained and yet it somehow mesmerized so many thinkers that we build build "golden idols" in praise of it ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_Bull )
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>> it is human generated scarcity that doesn’t make no sense except to existing capital owners taking advantage of the rest This! What I think most people missing is that all the money and wealth in the world is just a substitute for
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by v-erne 4y ago
No true scotsman, ay? Yes, there are many artificial constructs that prevent true free market, but I still do not believe that capital accumulation by capital overs is not an property of this idealistic system. Do You have any real example
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by v-erne 4y ago
Its not like private sector is free from overspending and funds misallocation - most of money that flows in there is still controller by the jerks on top that are stroking their ego by investing in buzzwords. The invisible hand of market is
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by v-erne 4y ago
>>it's become easier to make experiments instead of deducting things from first principles... Is this really suprising for You? I mean I always believed that our deduction skills as humans were really limited and primitive. Just
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>> ONLY judge yourself This advice will only work in the beginig. There will be the point in career where he needs to judge other abilities and involvement to properly allocate work and manage projekt successfully.
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by v-erne 4y ago
Unfortunately all children are not created equals and some will crave sugar som much that Your method would fail miserably. I see this in children of my neighbours. Mine are almost same as Yours (especially older one) - they like sweets, bu
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by v-erne 4y ago
>> Definitely regret it now; I've since developed some joint issues in my fingers that make it difficult to play, and often wonder if sticking with it would have helped prevent that I would not loose any sleep over that. Most mus
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by v-erne 4y ago
Not necessarly - most monotheistics religions sells very narrow version of personal God. Me as a God would not fit they world view at all. It would probably be sth like K&P imagined : https://youtu.be/asnQGz7BdfI
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by v-erne 5y ago
If everybody would somehow limit their greed - then yes, You are right, there is plenty of wealth - for example from the pure math point of view the hunger problem should not exist (we have too much food at this moment). But this is not mat
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by v-erne 5y ago
I think that there is not enough wealth around to support all elders communities at reasonable levels. The demography is a bitch all around and there is too many people young and old that believe that they deserve american middle class leve
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by v-erne 5y ago
I came to believe that this types of skills, especially visualization, are learnable. For some people it looks like this skills are somehow natural but this can be just an accident of upbringing and time allocation. The thing that convinced
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by v-erne 5y ago
I'm not sure if this is not just an illusion. Young people are maybe a little more visible in meaningless parts of our society but almost all truly powerful and rich people are old. Don't fall into trap reading Forbes list and thi
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by v-erne 5y ago
I would love world where this would be possible - no gate keeping and no value extraction, only saved lives. But cynic in me tells me that this is not possible - too many people who know how to build and operate things dreams about having a
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by v-erne 5y ago
This is internet - what do You expect ? Moderators with expertise in every subject and infinite attention span? The validation of meritoric side of comments on this site is on You as a reader. If You pay attention to what You read its quite
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by v-erne 5y ago
And what happens when air traffic controller make mistake? Or the terminal malfunctions? This somehow did not limit air travel boom. Those are really minor problems when there are thrillions to be made.
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I find that any kind of stimulant causes this for me - being it caffeine or sugar. I get a kind of mental fog and after a while anxiety emerges (especially if I feel any kind of pain from my back or intestines).
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by v-erne 5y ago
You are assuming that there cannot be a culture with value so different that being adult does not have any meaning for it. Of course it would be rather short lived one (without new children its hard for any culture to propagate). Ultimately
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That's very interesting way of looking at it - we do not need to fully automate cars to put millions people out of work. If we just create automated assistants (similar to plane autopilots) that takes care of 80% of work we can then cr
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by v-erne 5y ago
Yeah, building anything became rich man game everywhere. Building materials prices are getting crazy all over the place (in my country price of some of them doubled or event tripled over last two years). But I like to tell myself that maybe
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by v-erne 5y ago
If You think that having family will make You long-term happy think twice. This is something that You cannot know up front - its a little bit like with extreme situations such as accidents or conflicts - no one knows how he will behave and

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