crassus

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by crassus 12y ago
Allegations of "Victim blaming" are a classic tactic to shut down discussion by implying that anyone who steps out of the appropriate mental box will be deemed an accomplice.
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by crassus 12y ago
Probably a positive environmental effect masking decline in genetic potential IQ, which there is evidence for: http://www.xenosystems.net/dysgenic-reactions/
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by crassus 12y ago
Basic income is a potentially unlimited liability without any government control over fertility. If the needs of the portion of the population that are net consumers grow quicker than the surplus from net producers, an economic apocalypse h
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by crassus 12y ago
Every US Government department operates on a shoestring budget, if you listen to them. It's amazing that they can keep the lights on.
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by crassus 12y ago
Empathy is easy. Building something worth a damn is hard, and incredibly rare in human history.
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by crassus 12y ago
Moreover, calling it "luck" discourages others from adopting these repeatably beneficial habits and ideas for pulling a family out of poverty. How could I make sure my offspring have a better life than I did? If my only option is
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by crassus 12y ago
I know that people will make political hay of this, but there is danger to managing to quarterly statistics. If your economy needs some adjustments to achieve long-run sustainability then it's possible that GDP may fall for a quarter o
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by crassus 12y ago
The crazy thing is that people go through this experience and want to do it again. A failed startup leaves you burned out, emotionally wrecked, and financially crippled. Why take another ride on that roller coaster? Pride? Status? Money?
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by crassus 12y ago
That's because our culture is sick. Generalizations about gender has been the main stuff of art, literature, and personal correspondence for 500 years - only now are they offensive.
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by crassus 12y ago
I'd recommend the author substitute it with "let down", even though it doesn't as accurately describe how she likely feels.
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by crassus 12y ago
I find it refreshing that we got this level of truth and detail from a startup post-mortem. The price for that transparency is selective opacity in a few still-sensitive areas. I get the deal.
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by crassus 12y ago
The time is ripe for theogenesis. Who says you politics and religion can't be startups?
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by crassus 12y ago
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the South Bay is the worst area I've lived in America for meeting people, especially ladies.
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by crassus 12y ago
Yep! I think you are referring to the SAT data. Fortunately, we have data to test our beliefs: http://isteve.blogspot.com/2014/03/2008-sat-scores-by-race-b...
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by crassus 12y ago
It's racist in the same ways that SAT, IQ, and PISA tests are racist - Asians and whites do better than other groups.
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by crassus 12y ago
You can have an admissions test that is meritocratic or one that fits your preferred racial demographics, but not both. Because no two demographic groups are exactly equal.
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by crassus 12y ago
When I think of feminists, I think of such leading lights of the movement as Adria Richards and Shanely: https://twitter.com/shanley/status/460472595968569345 Feminists are radical activists, feminism is not about
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by crassus 12y ago
Democracy killed Jesus and Socrates
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by crassus 12y ago
Progressivism is a low-evidence ideology, but a high status one due to its dominance of universities. From its high ground in academia, it is also invading tech. But yeah, it's mostly wrong.
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Exposure to male researchers causes stress response in lab mice(nature.com)
7 points by crassus 12y ago|0 comments
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Asian workers now dominate Silicon Valley tech jobs (2012)(mercurynews.com)
27 points by crassus 12y ago|30 comments
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Does Traditional College Debate Reinforce White Privilege?(theatlantic.com)
4 points by crassus 12y ago|0 comments
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by crassus 12y ago
We've accepted a value system in the west that more males in a field == bad, unless that field is physically dangerous or otherwise undesirable. So the sex composition of things is noticed and considered important. However, note that e
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by crassus 12y ago
This is rich coming from a city with more dingy rent-by-hour flophouses than any other I've ever seen
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by crassus 12y ago
There needs to be a Godwin's corollary for invoking racism about discussion of issues not involving racism at all. If you can't reason about a political issue without comparing your opponents to Hitler or slave owners, then you pr
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by crassus 12y ago
This is a "leftist singularity", when the least revolutionary half of the population is purged, and then the least revolutionary half of the purgers is purged, ad infinitum. It ends when the most righteous leftist kills the second
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by crassus 12y ago
This is exactly how opinion worked in East Germany. You didn't have to be a communist, but if you weren't you would never work again. We have the exact same protection for political expression as East Germany. That's freedom?
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by crassus 12y ago
Depending on your point of view, legal abortion is either part of a fundamental right for a woman to control her own body or an unprecedented holocaust. Should you have to pick the "right" choice in order to be employed in the tec
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by crassus 12y ago
The tech community needs to rewatch "The Lives of Others". Making ideological purity a precondition to employment is fucking terrifying. I'm terrified.
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by crassus 12y ago
This is how East Germany worked. You weren't usually harmed for holding non-communist beliefs, but you were blacklisted so that you would never work again.

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