Rational expectations?

I mean I can list a 100 points to prove what a stupid article this is but I am too busy picking out parts to build this super computer for like $1200...

People with the mindset of this article need to get some antidepressants and try working out. You are obviously not putting things in the proper context.

Ya'll can put your money in exotic parrot stores and funeral homes. I will stick with the Nasdaq 100.

What about a local deli or grocery?

It just makes me sad how the country united when 9/11 happened and this has completely shredded us.

I mean I am sure these were completely unbiased studies....I would think any thinking person can tell the content is bullshit just from the headline.

As a centrist, both liberal and conservative media is absolutely disgusting.

You realize in the 1920s many hotels had a bucket shop in the lobby that you could place a bet on stocks?

Pretending this is something new is really laughable when things were 100X crazier literally a 100 years ago.

How many Americans were staying in these types of hotels? The new thing is that stock trading is not universally accessible, even to those with very limited means.

These were not special hotels, this was a feature like getting free breakfast today. This is how crazy the 1920s thirst for stock speculation was.

Not just betting on stocks but betting on stocks with huge leverage too. You want to bet on a $100 stock then go down to the hotel lobby and put up $10.

Absurd article. I first traded stocks during the dot com bubble. People have barely caught even the smallest amount of speculative frenzy the past 20 years since.

I don't think we will ever match the level of addiction people had when online trading was a new thing.

I agree that online trading has been a thing for a while, but zero commission zero friction trading is relatively new and Robinhood just so happens to be the most popular in the US. Now literally anyone, including the least knowledgable and sophisticated investors can gain access to the market within hours with just a few details and an RPQ where everyone deliberately chooses maximum risk vs reward.

You Schwabb or e*Trade account also doesn't constantly send you push notifications saying "$TSLA has just risen by 5%!" to encourage you to keep logging into your brokerage account.

My buddy has the inside scoop on this new company called “Pets.com”. I’m gonna go all in because everything is vertical right now

What am I signaling if I say I don't believe in Santa Claus?

Totally agree. This is just peeling the skin of an onion.

Who are the people in Russia that help Snoden live his day to day life anyway? Of course you can make the argument that of anyone in the world, Snoden has no choice...however then it just becomes an argument as to what constitutes not having a choice.

Actually, he did have a choice. He decided to sacrifice an objectively better living to alert the public of what was happening in their names without their consent. He also decided not to go home because he believes it is best for his country. If he goes home, he won't be allowed a fair trial under the Espionage Act, which would set a terrible precedent. He has repeatedly voiced his intent to face trial at home if he's allowed a public interest defense in front of a jury.

What about if I just don't care?

I totally understand if you think less of me for this perspective but at least I am honest.

I legitimately do not care.

Outside of people with severe psychotic disorders, I have yet to meet anyone who had no consistent desires.

So I'd say you likely just don't know what you actually care about. Much like the vast majority of humanity since forever. So, you're in good company!

Most do care but about other things. For example they might care a lot that their company has a diversity policy and blacks out their Twitter avatar but not that their company helps overseas regimes kill journalists and opposition politicians.

Or they might care about their family, parents in care homes and their neighbours and church but not where their wage comes from a company that doesn't hire equally.

That's sad friend. Your community failed you when growing up. This makes me want to weep.

Honestly, the majority of people feel the same as you, they just won't admit it.

I just don't get how Youtube recommendations are so bad. So often it recommends me things I have already watched.

Or the algorithm knows I like David Bowie so recommends me "Changes". The most boring possible recommendation it can give to a David Bowie fan.

I really wish it had a setting to up the daring of the recommendation. It seems designed to just never recommend something that I would really hate but in doing so it never recommends me anything all that interesting.