Anton P. Nym
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Commented on Sucker bet (a thought experiment)
I have a general formula for handling windfalls (only lightly used) & it'd be interesting to see how well/poorly it scales. 50% Long-term investment: stable portfolio stuff, low-risk low-return stocks/bonds/etc. So, $50B into the economy with an eye to stability....
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Commented on Do my Homework
I'd love to see more thoughtful treatments of societies in which the bottom few tranches of Maslow's Hierarchy have been taken care of; I haven't seen many since Banks' Culture. {The "money is a sign of poverty" line has been...
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Commented on The Curse of Laundry
As cicely noted this is clearly related to the quantum observer effect; we can think of it as the auctoral version of SCORPION STARE. (Please use this power wisely... or at least make the capriciousness amusing, hmm?) -- Steve...