That's neat, except that you can construct the real numbers as equivalence classes of convergent sequences of rational numbers, where two sequences are equivalent if and only if their difference converges to zero.
Pay people a reasonable wage to attend university or job training instead. If their particular skills aren't needed in the labor market, they can either develop new ones or use their skills to benefit society through research or the arts. Yes, this would require creating new schools and universities.
I believe what he's trying to say is that a majority when weighted by mining power isn't the same as a majority when weighted equally (i.e. one human per vote). In that sense it is fairly different from traditional conceptions of democracy and closer to plutocracy.
If there was such a thing as big-T Truth that was perfectly knowable, this, and other forms of censorship, would be great. Anything false could simply be censored and anything true let stand.
It's because perfect truth is inaccessible to us that we need to embrace truth seeking rather than the truth as we know it. Rejecting censorship is part of that stance.
At least when there are deals, it's cheaper to get a ride in what's often a nice, shiny luxury sedan than a worn-down, stinky taxi.
So what if Uber gets the whole market? The instant their prices go above what's competitive, someone will spend a few hundred thousand bucks to start a cheaper service. People here can be kind of stingy, which seems to be what Uber is banking on.
It's a paraphrase of Cardinal Richelieu, who not only made the following quote, but practiced what he described: "Show me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough therein to hang him."
When the powerful can manipulate their societies into killing as they see fit, it's best to give them as little excuse as possible. The sitting US president claims that he can legally kill Americans on American soil without trial.
As an afterthought, what if being a student paid just as well as the average white-collar job? Studying diligently is at least as taxing as most full-time jobs.
We should pay the unemployed to enroll in colleges and universities (not merely subsidize the costs of education), since higher levels of education would ultimately benefit society as a whole.
It depends on whether you agree with Malthus that population growth is inevitable or with Condorcet, who believed that birth control could prevent the consequences of exponential population growth.
If the population continues to grow, so too must the economy, or the share of resources available to each person will shrink. There's really no room for argument on that point.
In what sense was the Roman empire not capitalistic?
The major source of labor in the Roman Empire was slave labor, not wage labor, and the major source of wealth was military conquest rather than commerce.
It's extremely difficult for modern people living in industrialized societies to even imagine an alternative to capitalism because it's so pervasive in our world, but it hasn't been around forever and even now capitalism exists only as an imperfectly realized ideal.
Thinking that you can just assert which definition is correct and proceed from there means you don't understand what's going on. This was essentially a discussion of the definition of "sport"!
Judging from the quality of Bennett's submissions, there's probably an IQ cap, so if you didn't ride to school on a short bus you won't qualify no matter how much you are willing to pay.
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That's neat, except that you can construct the real numbers as equivalence classes of convergent sequences of rational numbers, where two sequences are equivalent if and only if their difference converges to zero.
Pay people a reasonable wage to attend university or job training instead. If their particular skills aren't needed in the labor market, they can either develop new ones or use their skills to benefit society through research or the arts. Yes, this would require creating new schools and universities.
I believe what he's trying to say is that a majority when weighted by mining power isn't the same as a majority when weighted equally (i.e. one human per vote). In that sense it is fairly different from traditional conceptions of democracy and closer to plutocracy.
If there was such a thing as big-T Truth that was perfectly knowable, this, and other forms of censorship, would be great. Anything false could simply be censored and anything true let stand.
It's because perfect truth is inaccessible to us that we need to embrace truth seeking rather than the truth as we know it. Rejecting censorship is part of that stance.
At least when there are deals, it's cheaper to get a ride in what's often a nice, shiny luxury sedan than a worn-down, stinky taxi.
So what if Uber gets the whole market? The instant their prices go above what's competitive, someone will spend a few hundred thousand bucks to start a cheaper service. People here can be kind of stingy, which seems to be what Uber is banking on.
That's great, except that if you ask the cops to get your stolen property back, they'll promptly tell you to fuck off.
"Do not track" was supposed to represent the user's preference. MS turned it on by default and broke the standard, which is SOP for them.
If only such an organization existed!
Ignoring reality makes you less powerful, not more. If you want real political power in the US, you'll have to do more than vote.
Eating fruit is oral sex with plants and if you don't shit out the seeds in fertile ground, it's rape, obviously!
Did you mean intersection?
It's a paraphrase of Cardinal Richelieu, who not only made the following quote, but practiced what he described: "Show me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough therein to hang him."
When the powerful can manipulate their societies into killing as they see fit, it's best to give them as little excuse as possible. The sitting US president claims that he can legally kill Americans on American soil without trial.
As an afterthought, what if being a student paid just as well as the average white-collar job? Studying diligently is at least as taxing as most full-time jobs.
We should pay the unemployed to enroll in colleges and universities (not merely subsidize the costs of education), since higher levels of education would ultimately benefit society as a whole.
It depends on whether you agree with Malthus that population growth is inevitable or with Condorcet, who believed that birth control could prevent the consequences of exponential population growth.
If the population continues to grow, so too must the economy, or the share of resources available to each person will shrink. There's really no room for argument on that point.
In what sense was the Roman empire not capitalistic?
The major source of labor in the Roman Empire was slave labor, not wage labor, and the major source of wealth was military conquest rather than commerce.
It's extremely difficult for modern people living in industrialized societies to even imagine an alternative to capitalism because it's so pervasive in our world, but it hasn't been around forever and even now capitalism exists only as an imperfectly realized ideal.
I like your argument and agree with your conclusions, but dentures are millennia old at least. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.u...
A sport, by definition
Thinking that you can just assert which definition is correct and proceed from there means you don't understand what's going on. This was essentially a discussion of the definition of "sport"!
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I looked it up and this Grizzly piss is far from impressive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
As someone who was almost hit by a bright yellow Ferrari while walking to work in Ginza, I'll take this opportunity to laugh at your ludicrous claim.
P.S. http://www.tokyo-rossoscuderia...
Judging from the quality of Bennett's submissions, there's probably an IQ cap, so if you didn't ride to school on a short bus you won't qualify no matter how much you are willing to pay.
Walmart isn't a third party. The charges for credit card processing are paid by the merchant.
robots, seriously
Assert your way to a better future!
You can correct for that with a massive tax on births.