sage_joch

It seems like this functionality should be part of YouTube itself, at least as an option settable by the uploader.

If philanthropy became a bigger part of our culture, I believe we could achieve something similar to basic income. Of course, that starts with individuals getting in the habit of giving and encouraging others to do the same. A couple things I have found:

1) The starfish parable ("it made a difference to that one") is the right mindset. It can be daunting when you consider how much is needed compared to how comparatively little is in your bank account. Instead visualize at what was made possible by your donation.

2) As a general rule, I think it makes more sense to give habitually over the course of a career than it does to wait until the end of your career. This probably applies more to stable jobs than startups, though.

I have been on Reddit for eight years, and only came out with my name today. People should be encouraged to use aliases for any number of reasons. To name a few:

  * You should be able to express an idea without that idea being attached to a known identity (partly because people may judge the idea based on the known identity)
  * You should be allowed to "start over" (heck, I might want to start over soon)
  * In the face of an Orwellian government or an unaccepting society, you should be able to safely express your true opinions

"Choose what not to learn (while being outwardly supportive of endless learning)."

So that's why I didn't hear back from the (initially enthusiastic) Google recruiter.

(edit): I re-read the email thread and I think I was being unfair in the previous iteration of this comment. "See randomness" and all that.

It's also not reasonable for the public to be excluded from the conversation of how that data is handled.

I don't think "tyranny of the majority" applies here. The proposed system makes minority opinions more visible, if anything. There would even be an incentive to have a minority opinion, if you truly believed the majority was incorrect about something. In response to your last point: that sounds like an interesting modification: letting every bot see every other bot's (possibly evolving) code. But perhaps to avoid Skynet, bots should use the other bots' published APIs (which could opt to include a "getCode" method), and judge each other by their actions.

He is exploring how the Internet might be used to save civilization. What constitutes an "important idea" in your book?

Reddit actually brands itself as a "platform for online communities". Given the nature of subreddits, this does not seem like an unfair characterization.