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by davetroy 14y ago
About this petition: America is ranked #16 in the world for broadband penetration, speed and price. Where high-speed service is available, it is often expensive and unreliable — and frequently there is only one monopoly service provider. Th
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Baltimore Geek Goes Political - Endorses Mayorial Candidate(baltimoresun.com)
5 points by davetroy 16y ago|1 comments
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by davetroy 16y ago
This is going to be an awesome event!
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by davetroy 16y ago
Yep, I'm aware of that, having spent a lot of time in Berlin. However, to convince Americans of anything, you have to first let them think it happened here first. :)
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by davetroy 17y ago
I suggest that you tune in for the next post, which will discuss the downsides of excess mobility in society, in very specific ways.
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by davetroy 17y ago
Regional self sufficiency is exactly what I was writing about; did you miss the part about disconnection from place? And no, it doesn't contradict notions of comparative advantage. It puts a value on connection to place that the current sys
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by davetroy 17y ago
I am not suggesting that people shouldn't move out of their parents' house. I do think, however, that the system is built in such a way that a false-choice of specialty encourages people to move outside of their native regions for no partic
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by davetroy 17y ago
I'm the author of this piece. For what it's worth, I had a pretty good experience in our educational system. I excelled in high school and was voted most likely to succeed, graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins, then went on to form a te