ObviousToTheCasualObserver

Get ready for no jobs
100 years from now there will be no jobs. Your mind and body will have essentially zero rent-value.
When all work can be done by machines, no one needs you. In the past, manufacturing automation has freed up people to do 'thinking' jobs of various forms. And that was good for those people because they add more value thinking than doing mechanical movements...

Have you ever felt like your vote doesn't matter? Do you have a hard time getting excited to go out and make change on election day? You feel that way because your vote doesn't matter. You've been told a thousand times by a thousand people that your...

Q: Didn't the gold standard fail because it was deflationary?
No. England was forced off of the gold standard in 1931 because they ran out of gold. In the first half of the 20th century, countries on the gold standard usually only had 40% of the gold needed to back the currency they issued. When there was a run...

Lots of people use the phrase "don't be a hero"; "Don't be a hero when you get robbed, just give them your money." Why not? Exactly when am I supposed to be a hero? Isn't it a good thing to be a hero?
In this case, a 'hero' is someone who would put themselves at risk for the betterment of others. If the hero stops the robber, they can't rob more or worse. Why shouldn't someone do that? Shouldn't we really say "please be a hero, but don't sweat it...