zacharytelschow

> As long as the platforms recommendation and ranking algos are a black box, there is no guarantee that [insert platform here] isn’t conducting misinformation campaigns via the platform.

"If you're in any way even slightly wrong, we're right."

I don't think that's what people like myself are saying. We're saying that if you can't make accurate predictions (which there's ample evidence of), to declare you "know" what will happen is folly and self-aggrandizing.

I like the part where global warming bloviators cry the sky is falling and make exact predictions then when it doesn't occur insult those that disagree and say they don't understand science.

Wouldn't a long string of failed predictions be indicative of failure to understand...?

Yep. The doomsdayers have a pretty impressive track record of being wrong. They're getting better with their marketing, at least.

> THEN it must be true that the market can not figure out how to efficiently allocate this $1T of capital.

You're essentially saying companies are choosing to do the wrong thing with their money therefore we're entitled to seize it. If that were a compelling argument, why wouldn't we treat individuals the same? And who do you think stock prices affect, with virtually all of society in the stock market either directly or through pension funds?

By keeping interest rates artificially low, stock buybacks are more appealing than capital investment or labor force expansion. It's simply a logical outcome of the policy our government is pursuing.

Rich people get rich (outside of criminals) by enriching the lives of others through voluntary trade. Get over it.

Propoganda? No. Outright ads on the final solution? Probably yes, but also bear in mind the Nazis weren't exactly broadcasting their plans to the outside world. (At least I don't think they were - am I wrong on this point?)

Breaking news: Businesses avoid taxes to maximize their profits just as individuals do. More at 9.

Do you believe imperfections in a system inherently mean the entire thing is flawed? What system would you prefer?

And the more technology we have, the more the differences in the ability to produce wealth in the first place will be magnified.

Absolutely - and that's a good thing. Those who produce more should earn more as well.

Plenty of newspapers have been unprofitable for a long time. Oh wait... Headline was slightly different ;)

Do you also feel we should hold the regulators who let it happen accountable?

Do you think it's coincidental tyrants are more powerful when their populace is unarmed?

No, we don't.

Also of note is that it's illegal to pass on the right in Germany, making traffic more predictable and orderly.

So some means of legal tax reduction are fine and others are not? How do you arbitrarily determine which is which?

Same reason there aren't B Batteries - because you could never be sure if someone had a stutter.

No such thing as a free lunch. Shocker. Why not push for $25/hour and watch Amazon drop health insurance?

> turning your employees into welfare-dependent wage-slaves

I wasn't aware staying with a particular employer was compulsory.

An 8% change in any behavior on a sample size as large as the country is huge.

> the availability of the cheaper short range Model 3 will spike demand before that happens.

So Q1 2019. And Telsa is always on time with self declared timelines, so you know those cars will be rolling off the line by then.

Tesla is (attempting to) scale up production to capture market share at a time when it's just not profitable to sell electric cars. If BMW says they can't yet be made at a profit, I believe them - not the guy who lives on subsidies.

Once there is profit to be had and "game on," people are going to buy from existing brands with deep manufacturing expertise, not from a hype machine that might not be in business in 5 years.

The basic facts are black people commit more violent crime and have a correspondingly high rate of incarceration. They have a higher prevalence of single parent homes, a contributing factor to academic under achievement (and future crime). Blacks commit abortion at such an alarming rate, in some major US cities there are more black abortions than live births.

Screaming racism and demanding reparations (through redistribution of wealth, affirmative action, or other means) isn't going to change the real, underlying problems.

What systematized injustices are you referring to?

> how will money fix the problems of lack of parental involvement and a culture that disparages seeking further education.

Bingo.

So your solution to past injustices is systemetized injustices in the other direction?

"Listen, I don’t have a problem with firing teachers. I just don’t think the common perception of “infinite job security” for teachers is accurate.

A much larger and more concerning issue - in my opinion - is that we have very poor measures for teacher effectiveness."

If bad teachers, by your own admission, are not being fired, teachers have the very job security you claim they lack. If being fired for bad performance is unlikely and schools are much less likely to run out of funding than a company (if run even semi-responsibly), these jobs may not have "infinite job security" but they're as close to that as can reasonably be found. After all, what is job security if not confidence you will not be fired?

Heavily subsidized transportation that hemorrhages money doesn't work.