djrhails

Thanks! Think interactivity makes 'non-fiction' much more interesting.

There's definitely more complexity layered in - most things in life are not as clear cut as a coin flip. However, I do tend to think the idea of thinking 'geometrically' is pretty universal.

After randomly assigning men to mixed-gender and single gender squads for Norwegian Bootcamp, this study found no performance or perceived satisfaction impacts.

Moreover, the men in the integrated squads developed more egalitarian attitudes. Interestingly, these attitudes were not maintained once no longer in a mixed squad.

This was fascinating, although I strongly disagree with a lot of the points - and arguments used, it's such a wildly different perspective that I couldn't help but be intrigued. In many ways it is a masterclass on how to write persuasively for what feels a ridiculous premise.

The drunk driving parallel I thought was more that a little amusing. A more apt comparison might just be driving itself - it's a risky activity both for yourself and the others around you. Perhaps even to the speculated 1% marker but that doesn't appear to create any sort of moral imperative to change our willingness to drive.

Equally I couldn't help notice the level of subtle anthropomorphism going on - name dropping depression as related to anhedonia is a clever literary technique for encouraging this natural thought pattern; even while adding the "perhaps", "some think" it makes no difference to the "bias ... easily distorting our intuitions".

I'd love to see a similar essay for plants - or even the AI that they mention. I could see the outline for an equally persuasive essay (a shame that the author sees AI being trivially less likely to be sentient - one I have trouble believing beyond a "biological bias")

Frankly, right now anyone who isn't already in the game isn't able to acquire Ether without paying for it.

Mining at a rate necessary to get any reasonable amount of Ether is a huge investment, and is already out of reach for the average person. Setting your desktop computer to mine definitely won't pay for your small smart contract.