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pesmheyon Are there limits to economic growth?

No.

pesmheyon Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored

Privately would have been the better word choice.

pesmheyon Neon Genesis Evangelion (2019)

“Humanity deconstruction”

pesmheyon Soylent Founder's Politics Rant Shows Tech Execs Don't Understand the World

It reads like he cares very much about politics.

pesmheyon Becoming a CEO

The elites who could possibly give me a chance as CEO or VP don’t talk to me enough to even know whether I’m qualified and/or if I exist.

They're always looking for fresh blood. One option is to be interesting and not a pushover.

pesmheyon The eleven nations of the United States and their cultures

The pro- slavery rigid society that somehow values individual liberty? Would anyone be able to explain how that works?

"Don't tell me what I can and can't do with my property!"

These people would have to have considered slaves people in order to extend individual liberty to them.

pesmheyon The unending quest to explain consciousness

You could call dreams something like running your mental models on training sets. If it’s physical when it’s electrons and silicon, can it be physical in the brain as well?

pesmheyon Spices Have Made, and Unmade, Empires

In the West, we’re prone to taking what isn’t ours and acting as if we discovered it, conveniently forgetting its history and context.

If there were already people there, wouldn’t that mean that it had already been discovered? Or is your post supposed to be read as satirical? Sry if I’m misunderstanding here.

pesmheyon Data leak reveals how China 'brainwashes' Uighurs in prison camps

Sounds like a military boot camp.

pesmheyon Unconditional handouts benefit recipients and their neighbours: study

About 40% have conditional payments, in which recipients must fulfil certain obligations, such as getting their children vaccinated or enrolling them in school.

It's unequivocally clear how the word 'unconditional' is being used in this context. The article even gives some examples of unconditional welfare to the poor around the world. And if you do some research, it seems like these programs are reducing poverty.

On a macro scale, where does the money go when you give it to the poor? They buy things, so, it goes into the economy, doesn't it? When you give money to the ultrarich, it goes into offshore accounts, more than it goes back into the economy. Not that we shouldn't be giving money to the rich in the form of tax cuts and monetary policy - having dudes shoot their dick shaped rockets into space is beneficial for everyone. But save us all your 'fuck-the-poor' attitude.

edit: a word

pesmheyon How the Great Pyramid at Giza Looked in 2560 BCE

Yes, exactly - good suggestion. My bet is on the outside of the pyramids having had lots of similarities.

pesmheyon How the Great Pyramid at Giza Looked in 2560 BCE

Is there any evidence that these things weren't painted? Given what we know about statues in the classical world, and the way hieroglyphs look, it feels like a safe assumption to make that the pyramids were sporting some artwork.

edit: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-16/egypt-unveils-one-of-...

pesmheyon Uncanny Valley

It’s very surprising that in-group/out-group factors didn’t really make the theories’ section.

“Looks human, but not quite what I’m used to.”

Seems like a decent way to quickly spot nonmembers of a social group. I wonder if an experiment could classify the revulsion and compare/contrast it to something like, when a person meets someone of an unfamiliar subculture.

pesmheyon Can the long-lost abalone make a comeback in California?

They are fantastic. If you ever get a chance, try it!

pesmheyon It’s impossible to see the world as it is, argues a neuroscientist [video]

How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real

pesmheyon The Internet and the Third Estate

to broadcast and spread your mono-culture.

America is, and has been, the polar opposite of a monoculture.

pesmheyon U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s top AI startups

Because it used to be, and a lot of people never really made the transition. An incredibly unfortunate situation, for everyone.

pesmheyon U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s top AI startups

Can you point out some of the ways it was anti-worker? Genuine question btw

pesmheyon U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s top AI startups

Do you think the TPP was a response to this fear? Genuine question here.

pesmheyon U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s top AI startups

Obama was manufacturing the pivot to Asia. The TTP would have given a lot of power to corporations to combat China. This presents its own set of problems though.

Clinton was adamant that her grandchildren would not be speaking Chinese.

China has been acknowledged as a threat since 2008 really, by everyone really, just, sometimes people need a very visual and visceral demonstration of action (no matter how less-optimal it actually is). Surely some business people in here can relate to that sentiment?

pesmheyon The China Cultural Clash

His latest thoughts are on corruption and the difference between the rule of law and patrimonialism. All this, well before the election of Donald Trump. Truly amazing and admirable how calibrated he came back after the massive fail that was the end of history.

pesmheyon ‘Israel’s ancient NYC’: 5k-year-old Canaanite megalopolis may rewrite history

Innovation relative to what had come before it is equally impressive. Gotta crawl before you walk, and its a marvel how babies somehow learn to do it.

pesmheyon Ultraprocessed Foods – A New Theory of Obesity

It’s probably fiber? Is there any literature in the effect of fiber on satiety?

pesmheyon Why Media Lab thought it was doing right by secretly accepting Epstein’s money

The episode of Curb, where Ted Danson donates anonymously!! If you look in my comment history, I’ve made the same exact point.

pesmheyon I Quit Social Media for a Year

Haven’t we always done this though?

It seems like it’s more that social media has made the playing field 10^9 instead of 10^3.

pesmheyon The Price of Self-Delusion

Move fast and break things!

pesmheyon Meritocracy Is Killing High-School Sports

It’s e-sports. There’s teamwork, your physical condition matters a lot. They’re competitive. They’re social. They can train a lot of skills that could be as useful in life as being able to outrun the competition (think analyzing the best build for your character with a spreadsheet, or flying a war drone).

Sure sure, income inequality is a growing problem, and perhaps the cause of the decline in high school athletics, but really, people are just playing more e-sports.

There are leagues. You don’t need a lot of money to fund trips and infrastructure.

pesmheyon Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years

For me, it’s variety. I value novelty and creativity in food, so the availability of different types of meals is great.

pesmheyon Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K

The Russians bailed him out and he’s been in their pocket ever since. In this particular case, that’s why the number of bankruptcies matter.

In general, I agree with you.

pesmheyon America’s packaged food supply is ultra-processed

Ice cream is delicious. So are nectarines.