709 karma · joined October 22, 2019
What law dictates that?
Balaji is a crypto bro and epitome of technocrats who thinks just because they are (rich|famous|networked), they are experts on everything. Fact of the matter is, Balaji doesn't know any more about Covid than what is reported. He's using hindsight bias to claim that media reported was false.
Day 1 - stock purchase Day 45 - reported Day 46 - you buy or not? Day 45 - stock sold Day 90 - reported Day 91 - you've already lost
I've become more pessimistic about the human race to work together to solve problems now. So much jingoism around me, and around in the news. I understand that's not everyone, but to be it seems like it's every country for themselves.
More energy in production for paper while true, also means that with solar and other renewable getting cheaper, that argument will be a distraction.
> This is not correct as far as Proton is concerned and easily verifiable. ProtonVPN is 100% owned by Proton Technologies AG (Switzerland) which also develops ProtonMail and is not affiliated or owned by any other company.
Now most of my time is spent reading local newspapers, newsletters from local publications, and issue-specific publications (climate change).
I'm choosing to care about fewer things and deferring to rest of the world to care about others.
"Just the 20 companies in our study reported in excess of $175 billion in total deferred tax liabilities at the end of 2013. They do not pay any interest to the government on this amount, even if it takes 20 years to pay it." - https://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2014/08...
Which brings up the question, is this problem limited to ccTLDs or TLDs like com, net as well?
I'm sub'd to nyt, 3 local paper/publications, wired, natgeo, motherjones.