adammunich

You raise a /very/ good point. But I worry that it is not working in a way that's favorable to those who rely on cash holdings (most people) for their budgeting and daily goals.

Seems to me like we're seeing the definition of "moral hazard" incarnate lately.

I agree, social mobility is extremely important for the progress of a society. Talent is not necessarily distributed to those born with silver spoons.

Ending QE definitely seems like a step in the right direction. If money is inflated away, what's the point of it really? I don't know enough about UBI to say if it's a good replacement. I am curious to learn more about your reasoning.

The debt thing to me seems like a "band aid" on keeping consumption going. If people have no meaningful money saved, then to keep consumption going cheap credit needs to be made available.

Occupy definitely didn't vanish. The same people who were protesting then are out protesting now. But now, they're more organized and zealous than before.

Home ownership, consumption, idealizing material wealth, seeking that elite "career title", etc.

Definitely the case for some people but I don't think it's driving force for a large percentage (yet). Maybe a few more droughts and food shortages would change that though.

Indeed, so how can the situation be corrected?

Are the markets really "working" when the FED is making a habit of bailing them out?

Retirement funds are something boomers have. It's a luxury for a lot of young people if they can make it work.

How would you reconfigure it?

So what's next?

Believe in the narrative of careerism, work at companies until you retire, all that. Lots of young folks are saying "it's all a scam", dropping out, buying RVs, vans, moving to farms, etc.

I'm just wondering what's going to come next. Nature abhors a vacuum.

I've noticed a lot of young people giving up lately on supporting the economic system. Anyone else seen this?

You can make a modern one of these with the Russian NOS long neon indicator tubes.

You're right, goats can be trouble makers. We use sheep to mow our lawn and they are very easy to deal with. They won't go over a 2 foot fence and don't need a lot of maintenance. Water, occasionally some mineral rich feed, and a shear.

You mean... Goats?

Lifepo4 has 99% coulombic efficiency

This cannot possibly be more efficient than lithium batteries...

They never did fix the batteries self destructing if not charged every other month problem, did they?

It is

His freedom to remove that post I believe would qualify as protected under the bill of rights.

#uberwasteful

Check which ones don't get any suggested search results :-)

I think so yes, but the effect would be very small

100%

If your method of motivating people is "severe ramifications" maybe it's time to chill for a while and go fishing.

I'd hardly call rich parents paying for SAT prep classes a better solution.

How about sockets...