1. Indian classical music links, including to YouTube
2. What would a modern depression look like?
3. How to take multiple choice exams
4. The acidity of the ocean is increasing very rapidly
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surprised he doesn’t mentioned delayed retirements as part of a modern depression. some other thoughts:
– suburbs may not depopulate; if anything the flow of people to artsy but expensive in-town living may reverse.
– big increase in home schooling
– big internet cutbacks due to decreased ad and VC budgets. woudl facebook survive?
– sure, more TV watching, but lower quality, as shows dependent on dvd sales die.
– political pressure would eventually swing back towards legalizing barebones health insurance policies. it could even swing to the right, against disability benefits etc, if there is a perception some groups of the not working are being favored.
I am surprised we’re not already getting tuition cutbacks at private universities.
As a principled libertarian, let me just say that I will conveniently conclude that the oceans are not acidifying, because the data are just so uncertain, but even if they’re right, then it’s just too late to do anything about it, and even if it’s not, then acidified oceans are actually a good thing, and even if they’re not, then anyone who gets f’ed over by it, can just go to hell for all I care.
Come on, folks! Don’t buy in the acidic ocean scam! Their “solutions” will mean paying more for gas! You have the right to cheap gas, no matter what the consequences!
(Bonus points if you can guess who I’m mocking…)
We are all doomed! The end is near!
Following the fourth link…
Headline: Oceans Ten Times More Acidic Than Thought
First salient sentence: The acidity increased ten times quicker than climate models predicted.
Second salient sentence: Increased carbon dioxide emissions from human activities have led to a 30 percent rise in ocean acidity in the past 200 years.
Number of times actual pH’s or acid content measures are given: 0.
Is it really so much to ask that a supposedly scientific article in a supposedly scientific publication contains, you know, some actual science? If not, could the headline editor at least have taken an 8th grade science survey class? Failing that, could the headline editor be taught to read?
Ahh yes, the next manufactured crisis: Ocean Acidification.
Well done for bringing it to our attention.
Dmitry Orlov compares the coming “collapse” (his term) of the US with that of the Soviet Union.
He’s a bit over the top, and perhaps has an ax to grind, but convincingly argues that the Soviet Union was actually better prepared to cope with the aftermath of a severe economic collapse than the US would be.
I’m surprised that article on what a depression would look like wouldn’t take any examples from Iceland.
I recently built myself a new computer (buying all the parts at newegg.com and putting them together myself), and I was thinking that if I were in Iceland, where forex is not allowed for individuals, and there is no domestic computer manufacturing industry, I would be totally unable to do this and would have to hope that I could craigslist new parts in Reykjavik, a highly unlikely and undesirable scenario. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 2nd hand market flourish there in things that could once be imported (everything except cod and moss).
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