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While they're at it, seperate out the social justice books from the science fiction, because I'm absolutely sick of it all.

Hugo awards used to be a great way to source new, high-quality books, now it's just more activist slop.

I think Fox News is just more honest about their bias than most; its certainly not true that CBC, CNN, etc. are unbiased lol. There is a distinct bias in wikipedia that is unavoidable if you happen to disagree with the NYT on a controversial social issue.

That's a good position to have on a new drug, actually.

Agreed. When I was a kid, I would look for the award winners as a shortcut to find new books to read, but lately its been disappointment after disappointment. I don't feel like the winners reflect what I consider quality (e.g. I loved A Deepness in the Sky, Cryptonomicon, in addition to the books you've listed (minus Three Body Problem)).

With the death of physical stores, I no longer have a way of discovering new science fiction. I wish there was an award or recommendation engine that could find these gems among all of the trash.

Interestingly, I did find one book that was quite enjoyable, from a John Carmack tweet of all places, The Powers of the Earth.

> wouldn't want to continue accumulating it as they know it's purely at the expense of other people

> Therefore, having a billion dollars is a clear sign that millions of people have been exploited by that billionaire.

When two people enter a trade freely, they both come out richer. How is that at the expense of other people?

You sound like a communist.

Ok, but inflation is not cost-of-living and the CPI doesn't measure either of those directly.

Its often convenient for government to conflate the two; cost-of-living is a very flexible concept and so there are lots of way to get an answer you like, but they are distinct concepts.

Surely you can understand why a changing basket of goods makes for deceptive year-to-year comparisons.

And if the prices for good B go down, and people buy more of it, then it will be weighted more in the calculation.

CPI is structurally biased to report lower inflation.

I think the portraits of the downvoters would fully explain this phenomenon

Are you Canadian? Even asking the question feels ridiculous: yes, absolutely.

He shredded the Charter to fabricate a wedge (interior vaccine passports, firing civil servants) to win a few votes in the last election. This is absolutely in character.. good governance means nothing to Trudeau compared to being re-elected.

that depends on the temperature.. Burn it hot enough and the result is water + co2, perfectly clean energy

"Capitalists aren't as bright as ppl think." As opposed to communists? Those paragons of intelligence?

Funny how the solution to climate change (and covid, and inflation..) is always strict top-down control. Just eliminate demand, no mention of the coercion needed to make that happen. Always the same solution, by the same people.

Makes me extremely skeptical of the whole climate change enterprise.