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Internet making people better informed

lundi 21 février 2022 à 03:50

Arguing that the internet has succeeded in making most people better informed, overall, and that the growing problems are due to increased polarization rather than simple ignorance.

One specific claim is a confusion. He claims that Republicans are becoming less right-wing overall, and cites a few policy areas. He might be right about them; but Republicans have become far more right-wing in the areas of banning abortions, supporting fossil fuels, crushing immigrants, attacking elections, defending and imposing racism, and undermining constitutional government.

Cryptocurrencies are insecure and wasteful

lundi 21 février 2022 à 03:50

Arguing that there are fundamental reasons why today's cryptocurrencies are insecure and wasteful, and they cannot yield the benefits people hope to get from them.

Uber and Lyft incur losses

lundi 21 février 2022 à 03:50

Uber and Lyft lost billions in 2021 despite raising prices.

I hope they won't be able to keep this up much longer. Their surveillance systems must be eliminated. Then we only need to make sure that we can use taxis without identifying ourselves.

"Gator" companies

lundi 21 février 2022 à 03:50

"Gators" are companies that buy many small manufacturers that sell on Amazon.

The gator is better placed to stand up to Amazon's bullying than a small manufacturer, but the result is a second layer of oligopoly.

Trump improperly took away classified material

dimanche 20 février 2022 à 11:05

*[The corrupter] improperly took away classified material, National Archives says.*