Amazon is attractive to consumers. Workers... have to go with that.

"All: could you please not take this thread into Bitcoinland?"

Is that what all are saying? Or is it an instruction to us all?

The latter. It's a device I use to address everybody reading the thread.

Scientists are made, not born. They need space to study. If we make them share rooms when they are children, or share houses when they move out, then their potential is squandered.

I had to share a room growing up, so half my time was spent watching TV in the living room. My parents wouldn't let me turn the TV off, as they were watching it or listening to it. Mind-numbing.

I had to share a house at university. My housemates wanted to drink and play games and listen to loud music all day. Also not good.

DragonBall Z fanfic: Honor Trip

Cell changes allegiance. Kind of a rationalist fic that I rarely see anyone else talking about.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4746383/1/Honor-Trip

(Like most fanfics, it is unfinished, but at least the first saga, as in, the main storyline, got finished.)

The Game Boy came out around the same time as the Atari Lynx, which was much more advanced graphically but had a terrible battery life. Advances in battery tech are very important for handhelds.

Is it perhaps that the Asian parents can use physical discipline against their kids, whereas e.g. White parents wouldn't get away with that so easily?

I don’t think that’s it. At all.

Poorly performing students are often the ones who are “physically disciplined”. My most successful friends are generally the ones who had very supportive families who’d struggle to even raise their voices against someone.

What if the person being listened to in condition #1 was a trusted employee at the company who is interested in hiring you?

My Grandpa was a smart man, so I’m sure he would have had some specific advice for this situation. The best I can add is that my Grandpa was a big believer in meeting people and forming his own opinion.

Ask your doctor about it instead of listening to a Facebook group.

After the opioid crisis why should I trust my doctor?

Some kind of bullshit multivariate game theoretical common sense analysis in your head about the different interests at play and their degrees of impunity vs. mandated responsibility and the estimated probability that you're being lied to in the context of your variable knowledge of the technologies and concepts involved idk lol that's how I do it.

Not everyone has a doctor.

This implies a level of trust in doctors that many people lack.

(Also vaccinate your kids dammit)

* If I don't have a large house with garage,

* If I don't have a car,

* If I have harsh restrictions on when or how much electricity I can use,

* If I can't move around at night for fear of disturbing housemates or neighbours,

it can be difficult to start certain kinds of ventures.

Getting rich or starting a successful business is really what I'm living for. If I had to be a wage slave forever I'd off myself right now so that my corporate paymasters would no longer benefit from my labour.

Is having as many people existing as possible, really what we want to optimise for? What about optimising for freedom or quality of life?

It is not healthy to sit in a chair staring at a screen all day. Consider early retirement or a change of career, if you can.