I wonder how many of them think that inflation is because of "corporate greed", though.

Interesting. My first reaction is "who cares", but the crux of the argument is that we're lumping human users and bots and all sorts of other interactions in the same metric. I agree that there should be a distinction, to the extent that it's possible to separately identify them

Probably the top scammers

Don't only write code for your employer. Also work on projects inspire and motivate you, even if you're not getting paid for it.

Careful, bugle, people might start seeing you as a parody

Awesome, kudos to you for being on the front lines of developing the Bitcoin economy!

One can hope. But I think the lies that @Undisciplined highlighted are especially entrenched in the ruling class. That makes it harder to dislodge because they control so much of the culture and knowledge making institutions.

He is a very effective speaker and he conveys lofty ideas in a way that's easy to understand and inspiring to most people. Especially to young men, who cannot find any purpose and meaning in modern western culture.

But he also reminds me a bit of Michael Saylor. In the sense that his effectiveness comes more from his rhetoric than from the logical unassailability of his arguments. Like Saylor, he tends to cast wide, sweeping rhetorical nets that don't necessarily stand up to careful scrutiny.

Still, in my opinion Jordan Peterson is standing on the "right side" of history in opposing the extremely destructive and Marxist agendas of today's radical left.

I can scarcely think of a topic that has a higher product of ignorance multiplied by importance than the distortionary effects of easy money.

I'd say it's incumbent on those who understand it to educate their friends & family. But it can be kinda hard to break through the barrier of disinterest that this topic usually engenders.

here's a quote from the article to illustrate the overall point the author's trying to make:

Personally, I have my suspicions about the data. I also wonder if the supposed strength of the economy simply has to do with importing millions of immigrants and massive government spending.

As stackers should well know, not all spending is productive spending, yet even non-productive spending gets recorded in GDP figures and leads to employment.

Probably should've worded it: "which is more likely to be wrong"

Polls are fun. Hence, they are useful for their inherent utility.

As to whether they're accurate reflections of population averages: no comment ;)

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What rumors?

Fair enough. I agree with you on domestic focus vs foreign. Still, I think it's a pretty bad look when you don't even know that this is a city and that there's a war going on. It would have been better to say that he doesn't have an opinion because he hasn't studied the issue deeply, and nevertheless the focus of the president should be on improving citizens' lives, and to only intervene in foreign conflicts if it has a direct impact on citizens' lives.

Of course, the MIC controlled media would respond to that negatively either way, by calling him naive or heartless, just like how they accuse anyone skeptical of funding Ukraine a Putin apologist. You're absolutely right that our media is continually engaging in a psyop, and it's why we can't have nice things in this country

I still remember that Gary Johnson really embarrassed himself when a reporter asked him what he'd do about Aleppo and he said, "What is Aleppo?" That was a major face palm moment

Meh... the blockchain has always been public. Anyone moderately skilled person would have been able to trace txns across the network. I don't think the fact that Google is getting into the space actually changes anything

I prefer to see "reply from someone you muted". Gives me more information and thus control.

The author didn't address monetary debasement once, or how sound money would rein in the excesses that have led to destructive behavior by the us government, including the financialization of the economy that he recognized as a problem.

I'm willing to hear arguments critical of Bitcoin, but this author hasn't demonstrated even the most basic understanding of its value proposition.

So you already developed a habit of using pencil and paper when needed.

I think many kids, including my own, never developed that habit/skill. I had to show them. They never developed the habit during online education coz they didn't need to. At the age they were during COVID, the math was easy enough that they could do most of it in their head or by typing a few lines on the computer.

When the work got harder, I realized they didn't have the habit or skill of working long problems out on paper so I had to teach them: you need to keep a stack of paper next to you and you need to write all your steps down

So I'm not saying that online math education is inherently bad. But I think if you didn't already have good habits, it can hinder you if there isn't someone in your life to teach you the good habits, which teachers would have done more of in an in person setting