Shawn

Profundity lays here!!

:grin: They need that too. But, then again they are die-hard enlightened self-interest blokes.

You mean virtue signalling? Conservatives probably hate that concept more than 'entitlement' as of lately.

Really Sushi? OK. Let's assume the typical et ceteris paribus maxim here and assume nothing creative is being done with the net sum of 10 million. 10 ...

Well, then I should have been more specific and just said that the aggregate demand for goods produced by and for 10 consumers with 1 million each, wo...

A-ha! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45812-w

There was no mention of distribution here. I find it hard to fathom why you think one person with 10 million is a better consumer than 10 people with ...

Better than nothing. And, if the idea pays off (being reasonable here, like patenting a new way to open a canned beer) then your set for life.

Appreciated! :ok:

Apart from my shit you see here, not really. If your looking for structural tendencies on my part have a look at the reading group threads to the left...

I think a simple example would be wearing a T-shirt of Nike, and going around promoting their product with no real monetary compensation.

It's hypothesized that dreams are the manifestation of naturally occurring DMT within the brain. It's also thought that if the brain produces DMT, the...

Are we going to talk about the fact the US now exports more oil than imports for the first time in 70 years?

But I don't get paid for being a commodity. What's up with that?

It's almost as if philosophy and not mathematics, were the true universal language, no?

A contagious meme! Dennett would approve.

Hmm, but I like being a philosophical celebrity, don't you? xD

Aww, the mods are in a foul mood it seems. Once again, moved to The Lounge. Can I like, build a tent or something and prosper here?

Very Wittgenstian. I like! :up:

Ooo, 2.5 Trillion! https://i.imgur.com/II8V1Jc.png

"Fashion" is a concept I never did entirely get. The whole industry is probably worth maybe a trillion.

All true. But, caveat... credit, borrowing, venture capitalism comes to save the day!

Yes, there is some truth to that. I am a fool. Not quite as mad as @"TheMadFool", though. I'm working on it though. Maybe someday... who knows?

Hmm, grocery stores are the best, as are malls. You can see the invisible hand working its magic thereabouts.

Typically, if you hire someone who isn't at the bottom end of the socio-economic spectrum, as an illegal immigrant, they tend to demand things that th...

Because you end up being a Randian if you advocate such a view on the matter. Being rich then becomes a matter of 'fact' or 'natural right'.

Not per se; but, I've never been much of a supply-side economist if we're going down that path, and neither do I think any particular 'ism has the ast...

Nothing about being rich is Darwinian in nature. Is that what you have in mind?

So, I'm sensing some conservative undertones here. What is good for the individual is good for the economy as a whole, is that correct?

Circular, but, I get the point. So, then if not being lucky, then maybe talent or knowledge?

To the individual or the economy as a whole?

OK, but that sounds like luck to me. I read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki, a long time ago; but, it was all there on paper, just like Warren...

At the very least can we agree that it's human capital if we are to go down this intrinsic route?

So, being or becoming rich is a sort of inside thing? I mean, really, what differentiates some guy off the street scrounging from a dollar from a pers...

So, rich people get richer or stay the same because they know more about money than Joe from Starbucks does?

Elaborate, I feel we're talking about the same thing, just in different terms.

Psychology...Talk therapy? CBT? I think you get the point.

What I mean, is that people aren't inherently worth anything unless self-taught or venture capitalists, etc. Usually, there's nobody around (not even ...

What do you mean? Are you referring to drug addicts or other types that squander their wealth? I suppose this can be true; but, if you're a billionair...

How-so? Teach me! I wanna be rich too!

Well, my point is that there's nothing unique about being rich or coming to that status.

Let's be honest, people get bullied to death on Facebook/4chan/Reddit/God knows where, on the internets. We seem to bat a blind eye to the distress of...

You know what differentiates an Ivy League college from a "normal" one, right?

Right? I've heard that argument formalized into: Makes me wanna puke, if anyone actually believes that.

Davidson talks a lot about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis glancingly, can you elaborate on how he does away with the cognitivism of the hypothesis, seemin...

Well, my sister just moved in and she brought her dog, Sol, with her. I'm quite happy with the dog, though he's been abused (most likely), but is gett...

Not this again. "Stop" is such a magical word here. So purposeful, and effective that when applied to mental states, would seem to make the problem (a...

Languagehood, eh? So, he's the blacksmith here?

OK, I'll respect that. Well, you can lead by example, or just interpret away. I figure you're somewhat more of the example and showing rather than tel...

Relatable in the least one should suppose. Anyway, how do you address that beetle? I have one, and so do you; but, we shouldn't be behaviorist about t...