You can be pro-curation of content and against this particular list. I agree. This list is ridiculous. Schools should be able to hold these books in their collections (although I do see arguments for not purchasing some)
Not all 'pornography' is equivalent. While I can see an argument for expression of certain viewpoints, a lot of pornography is just meant to appeal to baser instincts, and has a known negative effect on people. Not all books are equal. I don't understand the extremism in this regard around children's literature. In an adult library sure, but yes... children's books ought to be curated. This cannot be remotely controversial.
I bought the cheapest microwave i could possibly find on Amazon, and it's lasted way more than a year. I sometimes wonder what people do with their stuff that it lasts so little time.
I'm not sure about BC, but coastal cities (not the big ones... the little ones) on the Pacific coast of the states regularly get 'stranded'. Honestly, as usual, the media overplays everything. The fact is that Vancouver and most major coastal cities are not going to be super-affected. The truth is that -- based on current import patterns -- the rest of the country is more likely to face shortages than any West Coast city where all the freight comes in.
> We are living a unique human experiment with Crypto. I really wish people would stop bashing the industry and instead join in the experiment.
This is the sort of pseudo-religious statement that makes people bristle when they hear about crypto.
You frame it as an experiment, and then follow it up by your wish for everyone to join the experiment. Normal experiments have control groups. The only groups that have no control group and demand universal obedience are religions. This is why people view crypto-promoters as the modern day equivalent of televangelists.
There is no such thing as a tyrannical dictator. Only tyranny. Ultimately, all tyrants enjoy broad support. The only way to be tyrannical is with broad popular support. Just look at afghanistan
Monogamy isn't just for kids. By ensuring that most men get married, it quells social unrest. In polygamous society, one man gets more women, which causes jealousy, and ultimately social unrest when inequality gets too high. Men without partners are a recipe for societal disaster.
> Maintaining a national culture, at that point, will likely be looked on very negatively.
Only by those making a particular salary, which is ultimately the cause of the great right-wing movements in most parts of the world, America, Europe, Asia, S America, etc.
There are two classes forming... a globalist class where there is no national culture, just an international one, and nationalism is a dirty word. And a nationalistic culture of all the 'deplorables', where patriotism is still a virtue.
By all reasonable metrics, the covid vaccine makes the risk of covid negligible for all interested groups. If you're worried get the vaccine (I have) and carry on.
Sticking your nose in everyone else's business is just unhealthy. If others don't want to get it. That is their decision
You should read my comment as being a workaholic is a necessary condition to be wealthy. It's not a sufficient condition. It's a correction not a causation.
That being said. If you work hard and work hard at the right things you stand a very good chance of becoming in the top quintile of earners.
Trade and commerce is something the government regulates and stopping the sale of human flesh is a worthwhile goal.
Regulating business is wholly different from regulating bodily relations between two individuals. In the same way I'd encourage regulations for brothels and prostitutes, which constitute a business, while finding similar regulations between spouses abhorrent.
Because the attributes that lead you to be rich also make you a workaholic?
This isn't rocket science. Relative wealth is ultimately mainly due to your decisions. That's why most lottery winners end up losing the money. If they had the sense to not lose it they wouldn't need the lottery to make them 'rich'.
This supposed fact ultimately relies on trusting the hacker news code and execution engine to behave correctly which is an inbuilt assumption to the stated fact.
It's implausible to me that hacker news is broken but your fact is contingent on this other one, which is much more difficult to ascertain with certainty