After that, the same rating agencies caused the European debt crisis to funnel gigantic amounts of tax payers money into the pockets of the financial industry. And this happened in spite of these agencies' ratings being complete unreliable shit.
How the financial industry managed to turn the 2008 crisis around to keep vacuuming money from the rest of the economy makes me baffled.
When you lock your house front door do you also add a little duct tape in case the lock is picked? Because that's what you're proposing: two layers of security, one that works and another that doesn't.
I once read a scientific paper which recommends, if I remember correctly, randomly selecting 8% of the passengers for extended verification. This procedure has the advantage of transmitting zero information to the bad guys. If you start profiling, you give them a chance to test the system.
Do you like the idea of donating most of your salary to feed the hungry instead of buying a bigger house a better car and spending it on your pleasure?
No, I like the idea of donating a good share of my salary to contribute to the society I live in, receiving in return when I need it. Why should there be hungry?
Sure, just like they have told our ancestors in the beginning of the agricultural revolution and the industrial revolution.
I'm pretty sure nobody told our ancestors that. But we certainly live a lot better now.
People will have a comfortable life with plenty of time to do creative work not when we have machines working for us, but only if there is a fair distribution of wealth.
Machines working for us improves productivity. If you distribute the productivity gains fairly, then indeed "people will have a comfortable life with plenty of time to do creative work". Otherwise, a few will life a life of luxury while most live in a Mad Max style world. However, I think the latter is not sustainable. And I hope so...
If all the manual work is done by robots, the productivity will be awesome. You don't even have to look a lot further. Think about all the welfare the Industrial Revolution brought to the developed countries in the 20th century.
Seems to me that society will be productive enough that those people will make a living anyway without having to work for it. Not as glamorous as more intelligent people, though. And they can pursue stupid and repetitive hobbies to keep busy.
I guess that's what happened with mechanisation of agriculture and the invention of the assembly line here in the Western countries. We live a life of misery, now. We were so much happier working 18 hour shifts in a shitty factory or plowing from dawn to dusk!
Bullshit. We enjoy a great standard of living in modern western societies. We no longer work 18-hour shifts in dangerous factories full of smoke. Yet, we've found something to do with all that "spare time" we got.
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At least they die with a smile on their face, instead of living a few more years in limp-dick misery.
Oh no! Flash rising from the grave? I won't be able to sleep tonight.
Wait, what? Online advertizing is outdated and irrelevant already?
I haven't seen any online ad in years, so I guess the whole thing died by itself.
How is that different from the security we've had in airports for decades?
How much is that?
Go read Schneier's article.
Paying taxes is "getting cash screwed out of you"? How can you administer a country with no revenues? Using unicorn farts?
After that, the same rating agencies caused the European debt crisis to funnel gigantic amounts of tax payers money into the pockets of the financial industry. And this happened in spite of these agencies' ratings being complete unreliable shit.
How the financial industry managed to turn the 2008 crisis around to keep vacuuming money from the rest of the economy makes me baffled.
So, you would trust someone without the slightest thread of ethics or human empathy to guard your money? What could possibly go wrong? Remember 2008?
How would you know that? Burglars don't carry their lock pickers in plain sight.
When you lock your house front door do you also add a little duct tape in case the lock is picked? Because that's what you're proposing: two layers of security, one that works and another that doesn't.
Now seriously, ! I'm tired of seeing the same bullshit again and again, just with different icing, to justify what's flawed from the very start. This shows that people taking decisions are tied to their own irrationally feelings and not paying attention to what science tells them.
I once read a scientific paper which recommends, if I remember correctly, randomly selecting 8% of the passengers for extended verification. This procedure has the advantage of transmitting zero information to the bad guys. If you start profiling, you give them a chance to test the system.
"I'm sorry Hassan, I can't let you take that plane"
Yeah, let's sit on our hands, then. I wonder how you guys managed to conquer the West!
a world where essential necessities and everything else were handed out (i.e. re-distributed). China used to be such a place
You wrote it yourself.
What have you been smoking? When were the essential necessities ever fulfilled for everyone in China?
Well, if they want to flee to a country with a US-style healthcare system, I can recommend them a few African countries. Definitely not Canada.
Do you like the idea of donating most of your salary to feed the hungry instead of buying a bigger house a better car and spending it on your pleasure?
No, I like the idea of donating a good share of my salary to contribute to the society I live in, receiving in return when I need it. Why should there be hungry?
Sure, just like they have told our ancestors in the beginning of the agricultural revolution and the industrial revolution.
I'm pretty sure nobody told our ancestors that. But we certainly live a lot better now.
People will have a comfortable life with plenty of time to do creative work not when we have machines working for us, but only if there is a fair distribution of wealth.
Machines working for us improves productivity. If you distribute the productivity gains fairly, then indeed "people will have a comfortable life with plenty of time to do creative work". Otherwise, a few will life a life of luxury while most live in a Mad Max style world. However, I think the latter is not sustainable. And I hope so...
where they'll "move to Canada" because of Obama's healthcare reform... well, it doesn't induce much hope.
I hope that's a joke. People move to a country with socialised medicine because they want to avoid Obama's boneless attempt at socialised medicine?
If all the manual work is done by robots, the productivity will be awesome. You don't even have to look a lot further. Think about all the welfare the Industrial Revolution brought to the developed countries in the 20th century.
That only shows the current economic system is stupid and unsustainable. A new system will come up eventually.
Seems to me that society will be productive enough that those people will make a living anyway without having to work for it. Not as glamorous as more intelligent people, though. And they can pursue stupid and repetitive hobbies to keep busy.
I guess that's what happened with mechanisation of agriculture and the invention of the assembly line here in the Western countries. We live a life of misery, now. We were so much happier working 18 hour shifts in a shitty factory or plowing from dawn to dusk!
Bullshit. We enjoy a great standard of living in modern western societies. We no longer work 18-hour shifts in dangerous factories full of smoke. Yet, we've found something to do with all that "spare time" we got.