we use terms like “capital markets” and “economic regime” to distract ourselves from the fact that the vast majority of important/interesting capital flows in the world are between a small set of people that all know each other, live near other, are all in the same group chats
@RichardHanania Isreal is seen now in a similar way to the way South Africa was in the 80s. An arguably European society complicit in war crimes. If Isreal wants to be Western it needs to be held to a higher standard. This is why the left doesn’t like Isreal, the right, different story.
This new PV array covering 1/2 mile of an irrigation canal in the desert south of Phoenix, Arizona, reduces water evaporation by 50% while producing huge lots of electricity.
https://t.co/JCNwJblObM
Liberal party NIMBY division out in full force today because the government decided there should be more than 3 storeys in the leafy suburbs of Camberwell
@TurpentineMedia@SamoBurja Why would we assume that an aging society would be less innovative ? Ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy and many other places in history that have sustained massive cultural achievement have done so in a smaller global population. Same can be said for larger v small countries.
@cremieuxrecueil No doubt the pirate party is overwhelmingly represented by software engineers and other mathematically inclined types who score well on an IQ test. Question is are those people best at deciding public policy ?
@mmjukic Everything here is preprogrammed flight paths.
While using many drones at the same time is important this isn't actually a demonstration of the capability to command multiple drones at the same time.
This isn't a demonstration of capability, but of how cheap their drones are.
@Noahpinion From an Australian perspective it’s seen to be driving up the cost of living in the larger capital cities. There’s also a fair bit of political pressure because a majority of the international students are Chinese … from my perspective it strained university resources ..
@PaulSkallas The assimilation for Italians took generations. Not a direct example but look into how Irish and Armenian Americans lobbied US gov. This is normal and expected of recent migrants
@trib @AustralianOrder Perhaps it would serve listeners well to treat those outside of the inner city as uninformed simpletons. Of course we would never paternalise other Australians now would we. Rather we would educate them on the correct opinions...