discountsocialism [none/use name]
Older websites load faster because they are not full of the “crap” that newer websites are. This “crap” clogs the tubes when the data gets flushed, which slows down loading time.
If you want to be an economist and actually be able to influence the development of a country, China is the place to be. It’s obvious to any economist that the economic gains from high speed rail outweigh the cost and theres plenty of research to back this up. High speed rail alleviates poverty, helps worker mobility, reduces inter-city traffic congestion over aircraft for short and medium range travel, and the list goes on. It’s not like this knowledge is inaccessible to the west, the papers already exist and we’re even training the economists who then return to China and actually apply it.
That would be the less popular policy over giving people with kids subsidies, which we already do.
This will just further stratify the education system, with those from wealthier families being able to afford private school, while those from lower-income families would be stuck in public schools.
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that you can create a person by adding them to our body of historical knowledge. Also, I wondered if I could leave America and then immigrate under a new name. Written facts can only contain so much about reality after all. My new identity would only be as real as the records that exist of me.
Less than a prison cell.
Wasn’t the EPA formed by Nixon to prevent any real legislation through Congress because of a growing environmentally conscious public? People are going to have to start caring about all sorts of issues now and that sounds exhausting.