Greed. A sane person will walk away from working once they have enough saved to comfortably retire.

$100 million can let you live comfortably forever, but there are plenty of people who want that much every year.

Those are the folks who become ‘leaders.’

He just casually invented cryptocurrency as a plot device.

I had a long flight so I took along Reamde.

I’d read it twice before, but damned if it didn’t hook me up again. I got to the first airport around 10 am and didn’t get home until 3 am. Saved my sanity.

For the uninitiated, Reamde involves the kidnapped niece of a billionaire game maker; the game is really fun and also a money laundering operation. There are terrorists, Right Wing militias, undercover spies, demented science fiction authors, and a bear skin rug.

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I’ve been telling people to read ‘Cryptonomicon’ for decades.

It tells two interwoven stories. Back in WW2 the grandfather is involved in proactive missions to keep the Nazis from learning the Allies had broken their codes, and in the late 1990’s the grandson is trying to start an online bank

I ask everyone I give my number to to text me first so I can verify

Work smarter, not harder

check the thread. Other people are smarter than us.

I wanted a video, but couldn’t find one.

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You used to be able to get a special dispenser that would hand you a lit cigarette as you drove.

https://jalopnik.com/cars-once-came-with-built-in-cigarette-dispensers-1795733052

You know that nuclear power plant up the road? They just had a big accident, we don’t know exactly what’s going on, and at least one person is already dead from radiation. But it’s fine, and you shouldn’t worry or leave the area.

“No evacuation.” Have you ever actually talked to people?

You know that nuclear power plant up the road? They just had a big accident, we don’t know exactly what’s going on, and at least one person is already dead from radiation. But it’s fine, and you shouldn’t worry or leave the area.

So we agree, airships and nukes are both outmoded, old tech.

also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster_casualties

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

So, essentially, nuclear power is like airships, except with worse disasters?

Probably the crooks just grabbed up everything they could. That means the stuff people have been keeping around that they never had time to repair.

thanks

Your use of the word ‘obtuse’ fascinates me.

Just for my own reference; which part do you read as ‘banning the internet’?

Socialization is a slow process. Many people who have good families and rich environments still have problems learning how to have face to face conversations. Look how many people on this site talk about not wanting to have a conversation over the phone or talk to a stranger in a shop.

That’s my original comment. Never said anything about banning the internet.

the answer is practice,

There are only so many hours in the day. If a child spends eight hours a day glued to the phone, they aren’t going to learn social skills.