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That was only example from my life. Other episodes with the same outcome were too much partying in college, sleep deprivation because cool when a teen. I guess we all have examples where we are totally outside a normal balanced state of min
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My reading is the following. Say my IQ is pretty constant. As any father can attest to, there are a lot of factors influencing whether I'm on top of my game. A few rough nights and I'm in a worse state for days. Let's say exe
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Archive.org version since we brought the site down: https://web.archive.org/web/20190320151607/http://www.dougla...
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My opinion in short (nofi): Anyone with decent skills, a love for getting things done and some need for privacy needs to stay as far away from politics as possible. I've tried it when young and naive. The 'thinking for others&#x27
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The important question is... why is it ethical for a foundation to deliver a product at $300k/yr where the cost are borne by other people? [1] In my world that price would never be paid, since about €100k/yr would max out the qaly
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The killer detail (in the article) is that 1/3 of the (small) development cost of 40 million were borne by the Dutch tax payer. How did that patent end up in a big pharma portfolio? Who funds this and what kind of shit lawyers and econ
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And in real business we spend up to millions in external legal advice to audit and enhance our compliance officers work. I am amazed that in this sector even the advisors don't seem to have M&A experience. This is basic vetting, or
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This would be awesome if it takes to fundamental rights. Forced labour, forced expropriation, social anxieties due to parental behaviour and over-exposure. A child has the basic right to be a child, but what is 'a child' if it&#x2
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That's a very good point. We recently had Chad Frischmann on a company seminar. I remember him talking about releasing the models. I'll try and reach out to see an ETA. We do need science and not well intentioned belief.
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They keep out of it from a human rights perspective and I agree. It obviously would help, but what's the end state in that world? Haves and have-nots? That's quite Hunger Gamian / dystopian.
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That's one in the podcast. Some African countries do the full demographic transition within a decade (!). That means bringing girls from the home to school, increasing their wealth creating capacity and hence less and later children. T
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Project Drawdown [1] deserves a mention in any discussion in this field. They are a substantive research enterprise trying to map what can (technically, not politically) be done to reach the point where CO2 ppm start to fall in the next 30
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TCFD-Based Reporting to Become Mandatory for PRI Signatories in 2020(unpri.org)
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As an economist I fully agree. It's not the solution but the measure that helps consumers in ranking all possible solutions. Why is flying without kerosine tax? Why do we spend a few k€ on electric car subsidies per MT less emitted. A
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I wonder if this will increase or decrease the work-life balance of medical students after their initial training. The employer has quite the investment riding on successful medical practice by the doctors. The outside option for competitor
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Actually it does. The only lawful base for processing in this case is legitimate interest. The working paper (WP251) specifically states "it would be difficult for controllers to justify using legitimate interests as a lawful basis for
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Nobody on the GDPR angle yet. It's illegal. They are building profiles without consent. Companies using that info are targeting you specifically obviously using both the profile and what often is your name. That's it. Illegal. Won
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Such and utter BS. There is so much science in econ. Just look at some of the work of the nobel laureates. Gary Becker treating social relationships as outcomes of economic relations. Great and provacative work. Ostrom on tragedy of the com
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I am tempted to ask which school and truly in the post crisis era? In my econ podcasts they keep lamenting how things like this are still thaught, but I was somewhat incredulous. I studied econ in the early aughts and there was more behavio
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I let my kids practice with hammers, nails and wood (tools / supplies) before I introduce building a piece of furniture (the educational end-goal). These models are the tools of the trade. I agree with the sentiment that if work is mes
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It's an educational course in quantitative economical methods. Fitting real world data is messy and would probably distract. There obviously is overlap with metrics but as an undergrad course I'd separate this too. They do have am
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Wait. These aren't really unrealistic expectations. If you want transformation against a risk appetite of hardly any risk acceptable, you jack up requirements or no go. That sounds business wise to me. In my firm we've had many cl
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What the GP meant is literally quite strange. You get reimbursed re conditions of the contract, period. If the insurer doesn't pay it's either a legally correct action or not. If legally correct you get what you paid for. If incor
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This would be a massively interesting suit, if fought out to conclusion. Looking for a proper definition of war, you might even go back to the Hague Conventions or some historical precedents in common law. Probably the terms and conditions
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From an economic theory perspective if you have diminishing utility, pooling risks makes sense even if there are some profits for the insurer, since you have more certainty about the possible outcomes. With graphs [1] If the loss you are in
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Yup,that's called legal insurance and is often quite an affordable backstop, at least in the EU. Pro-tip is to get yours at another supplier than your regular insurance to best align incentives. In things like consumer conflicts I&#x27
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by wjnc 8y ago
Take Two is the owner of 2K Games. Take Two has a USD 12.4 billion market cap. Take Two refers to 2K as a principal office. Quite the endavour for your friendly agent. Best bet would be to found a startup that greatly enhances revenue on ol
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Honest try to respond. I guess a child needs to associate the right emotion with a situation. Violence is a bad example as a resolution and fits with the emotion of anger. A scream or tears can be a result of fear. In case of danger fear fo
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We run a health insurance company at my firm for some € 100 in cost per insured per year (the Netherlands). We do full bargaining with suppliers on our risk, give yearly premiums up front and have to accept everyone for a pretty much standa
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How can corporal punishment be a necessity in a life or death situation? I think you mean in preventing the recurrence of that situation. Screams and tears of fear and other emotions will suffice. One day my 3 yr old decided to bike away in

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