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Aren't environmentalists ultimately motivated by their interest in preventing some sort humanitarian catastrophe? We don't want to make the earth uninhabitable as it would result in the death and suffering of millions of people. Nuclear war would also result in death and suffering. There seems to be some common ground here.

Both issues require a change in public opinion.

Why aren't environmental activists more vocal about the potential for nuclear war? Seems like a very real threat to humanity, as much as global warming seems to be, but I've seen and heard almost nothing from them.

Isn't the intermittency of the energy source the issue? And there's currently no scalable solution to efficiently store excess energy generated from solar panels?

Currently working at smallish startup (~20 people) that gives every other Monday off. Been enjoying it, especially during summer.

So then how do you explain this?

https://twitter.com/firstsquawk/status/1564771213506818048?s...

Where will they get the energy to power all these new electric cars? Is the grid capable of handling the demand necessary to charge everyones car?

Crack seems to be a product people gravitate towards, but that doesn't mean it's a good product or beneficial for the user.

> However, your right to privacy ends where money laundering and fraud begin. These are real problems that get in the way of catching criminals, and not just simple fraudsters and other non-violent liars.

Should gov also scan every photo on your phone for criminal activity? Install cameras in your home? If your right to privacy ends when there is potential for crime then you'll have no privacy at all.

Urbit.

So let's say they Christians decide "git abort" is offensive, do we remove it. And then group X decides term Y is offensive, do we remove it?

Because they still do business in Russia.

70 million Germans can't be wrong.

> No governmental agency stepped in and told Spotify what to do

Yes they did.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

Nigerians beg to differ: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/31/out-of-co...

Lyn Alden probably has some of the best commentary on the current state of the US economy. Would highly recommend checking out her blog if you're looking to learn more: https://www.lynalden.com/

ChainLink is an Oracle that provides real-world data to the blockchain. They're used by smart contracts like AAVE and Compound, things a hn reader might describe as "ponzi lending stuff".

Eric Schmidt just joined ChainLink as a Strategic Advisor[0]. If crypto is such an obvious scam like so many hn readers believe to be the case, why would someone like Schmidt ruin his reputation by joining a crypto company?

[0] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/former-google-ceo-e...

So you're saying companies should start moving their infrastructure to the blockchain?

If you look at wealth inequality over the past 50 years it would seem to indicate that those methods don't actually seem to accomplish much.

Have you read Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent, Public Opinion by Walter Lippman, or Propaganda by Edward Bernays? If so, I don't think you would come to the conclusion that the media landscape prior to social media was bastion of truth and honesty.

Why buy call options? Why not just buy and hold equities?

The world's most intelligent people can't figure out a way to make a 50k salary without spending 300k on education?

I find and follow seemingly credible investors on twitter and take their advice on stock picks, funds, and assets.

Same, helped me quite bit back when I was taking Calc 1 and 2 for that same reason.

It's a collection of protocols use to loan and trade cryptocurrencies. The goal of DeFi is to replicate all the services a bank could offer, but through decentralized apps running on the blockchain.

Someone made an interesting point that we got rid of cholera by drinking cleaner water and that we'll get rid of Covid by breathing cleaner air.

If it's entirely useless how do you explain the adoption of BTC by people living in developing nations[0]?

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/31/out-of-co...

Pseudonymous, censorship-resistent, permissionless, peer-to-peer. Many people in authoritarian or monetarily irresponsible countries use these features to protect, store, and transfer their wealth[0].

[0]https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/31/out-of-co...

What happens when those developed countries become authoritarian? Or starts printing trillions of dollars?

What about commercial cruise lines? Do people need to go on cruises? The cruise industry uses over double the emissions of the bitcoin protocol[0].

Furthermore, millions would be affected if bitcoin were to go offline tomorrow. Particularly people living in authoritarian states[1], or people who do not have access to traditional banking services.

[0] https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1414065840157347840?s=2... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/31/out-of-co...