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Comment · 8 years ago
Depending on how representative your family is of the overall population, that could mean that the doomsday scenario for most people is already here.
Comment · 8 years ago
If I may ask, what was your internal doomsday countdown before reading the article?
Comment · 8 years ago
Thanks!
Comment · 8 years ago
Come on dekhn, we want to know
Comment · 8 years ago
>Does this mean I'm incompetent?

>It's possible; I can't ignore the possibility.

Yes you can ignore it, just focus on things that actually matter. While other question their competence, you can actually get stuff done.

Comment · 8 years ago
>I would guess that Maglor survived, found his Silmaril, lost his Silmaril again, and that Pulp Fiction is an account of him getting it back.

And now I want to rewatch and reread everything again!

Comment · 9 years ago
I find it funny how you go from

>This whole question really stems from a sad and pervasive tendency for 'intelligent' people to overestimate their general expertise

to

>Within a community, individuals should only be judged based on their contributions and value within that community.

and then justify that with

>Everyone is not expected to be right, or agreeable, about everything, with everyone else. Aiming for this is pointless.

I'm not sure you agree with yourself.

Comment · 9 years ago
I'm sure this is too raw, to actually works.
Comment · 9 years ago
One wonders which humans you surround yourself with to consider that "basic human behavior".
Comment · 9 years ago
But it is detach from location. People can move if land becomes to expensive, unlike now, where land is tied to jobs.
Comment · 9 years ago
I would appreciate the notes. :)
Comment · 9 years ago
The British (by coming later) learned from the mistakes of the Spanish (who came first).
Comment · 9 years ago
Change Agent by Daniel Suarez is somewhat close:

In 2045 Interpol's Genetic Crime Division grapples with a new type of crime: illicit genetic editing -- and it isn't long before the fight gets personal.

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