Venezuela’s economy has completely collapsed, yet it’s dictatorship remains in power. How? Modern weaponry make it very difficult for a revolution to happen anymore. A single machine gun can hold down hundreds of people in slavery. Planes and bombs and secret police and AI monitoring communication means that a very small group can control millions of people.… read more “Why Venezuela Won’t Collapse”
Why Can’t Millenials Get Married Or Buy Homes?
Key points I am trying (poorly) to make in this post:
- End of life care that is extremely expensive and miserable for the patient is not a great use of resources.
- Older generations (including myself) need to do a better job at sharing wealth with younger generations.
My wife and I have been fortunate that we were able to get married when we chose to and buy a home when we chose to.… read more “Why Can’t Millenials Get Married Or Buy Homes?”
Open Borders
What is it that makes the American economy great? It’s free trade, and free movement between all the states in our country.
Why do people find it so hard to apply the same principle they so fundamentally believe in for American states to nation states?
Gullible Stephen Curry
People are much more gullible to conspiracy theories then you would hope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/sports/stephen-curry-moon-landing.html
Phone Carriers Need to Be Financially Responsible for Scam Calls
Phone Carriers know who the scammers are, but don’t care because they make money on them. We need to hold phone Carriers financially responsible for allowing scam calls to go through. If a number has been reported as a scam call, they are then liable.
Brown University Bad Ad
This cheesy ad from Brown University School of Professional Studies makes it sound like they will merge their students into Skynet and make them the corporate villains from pretty much every action movie ever.
New South Park
New South Park episodes are blow your mind good. Season 22, episodes 8 and 9.
Reduce Barriers to Entry in Medicine
Reducing medical regulations would allow new businesses that cared for your welfare to grow and compete with ancient businesses that are callous to your interests. https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/12/why-do-hospitals-hate-sleep-so-much/
Bitcoin is a Scam
Bitcoin is not used in commerce anywhere really, and has massively overhyped valuations. Most digital coins are a scam, but even this big boy is one too. Watch out.
Energy and the Economy
Energy (oil, nuclear, etc) is what drives the entire world economy. It doesn’t matter what kind of technology you have if you don’t have the energy to push things ahead. Energy multiplied by technology equals Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Energy without technology leads to massive waste.
We need clean energy or we will torch our planet.… read more “Energy and the Economy”