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If the private market doesn't work (which I agree with, at least in US' case), why not make a government market with 3 - 4 different government healthcares? IIRC this is similar approach to health care in Singapore, which is able to achieve first class outcomes at 5% GDP spending. They basically ha...

You are 50% Libertarian, which makes you a Soft-core Libertarian. Your basic political view is probably more libertarian than anything else, but you nevertheless hold clear reservations about central parts of the libertarian agenda. You understand the libertarian rationales and see where they are c...

1) Depends on how you define "consciousness" and whether it is considered discrete or continuous. As a Schopenhauerian, I would say that every system in the phenomenal world is an objectification of the underlying metaphysical reality: will. However, I wouldn't define consciousness as equi...

the need for food, shelter, and clothing does not arise from libertarianism, but from human existence in nature. humans had to labor and were "unfree", in that sense, way before humans invented the word libertarianism. The biggest problem, imo, is that natural opportunities have been deni...

There will always be people who make money on pyramid schemes, the greater fool theory will produce winners. The right attitude to take is to recognize that often times the people who are doing better than you are reckless gamblers who will get their karma: they're liable to go broke through gamblin...

So what does everybody think about the fundamental premise of cryptocurrency operating as money, which conventionally means that it operates as a store of wealth, a medium of exchange and as a unit of account? Bitcoin seems to only have the first quality so far, functioning as a kind of digital gold...

Compassion focused at a distance can become problematic. Thoughtful people who have experience with producing food need to be brought into the discussion in order to avoid unintended consequences of well meant policies or practices. For instance, absent hunting or predation, deer in my region will ...

I think that one of the problems here is that most vegans are not vegan for environmentalist reasons. Most vegans are vegan because they have seen animals being treated badly and then slaughtered (in real life or some documentary) and so they decided that they didn't want to be involved with that so...

The very important, very energy intensive processes that are frequently ignored in these types of simple analyses are harvest, transportation, storage and preparation for eating. For instance, we understand that preservatives and over-processing can render food unhealthy or less nutritious, yet not...

The most ecologically minded people I know are right here on this board. They know far more about it than I do. Yet they continue to consume meat. I simply don't understand how that can be. That's why my posts in this thread are full of question marks. It is one of the highest impact choices a pers...

Posting as somebody with "bodybuilder" aspirations (increasing muscle to bodyfat ratio), I like to enter and sustain a cutting phase at about a ~600 kcal deficit or so. During my last cutting phase which took me from 160 lbs to 150 lbs (at 5'9") I was eating at 1800 kcal per day. In t...

It is not mentioned what sort of lifestyle the frugal boyfriend in the story lives, or what her lifestyle is. This is an extremely important factor imo. There is something to be said for the opportunity cost of the relationship that is nicely highlighted by 7W5's suggestion that her partner move int...

@batbatmanne that sounds almost like an anarcho-syndicalist view, if very subtle/non-aggressive. brute believes they support property rights merely as far as property is actually used by an individual (hiring maids and landscapers to "use" it doesn't count). Yes, I would consider an ideal...

Go figure, but the stats in the article can only be relevant to you if you are a typical consumer, what the article fails to address is if you really want to reduce impact, you simply need to stop consuming goods and services produced by the industrial system, or simply, get out of the city and sto...

15%. In my opinion, laissez-faire capitalist style libertarians seem to be hung up on private property as a kind of natural right. Of course, rights are social constructions and, in light of this, good arguments need to be given for why I, as a member of a society, should continue to support them. J...

What algal supplements do you use and how much do you take? I've read that consuming too much algae can cause kidney stones and gout due to the high nucleic acid content. Especially if consumed for years. I am currently consuming Source Naturals algae-based EPA and DHA. I will likely choose other p...

https://chriskresser.com/why-you-should-think-twice-about-vegetarian-and-vegan-diets/ Vegan diets lack a lot of essential nutrients that humans cannot make without consuming animals. Many plants actually contain antinutrients that inhibit absorption of specific micronutrients. Cholesterol is an ess...

https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=69.9&d=69.9&g=69.8&s=78.7 Another Social Libertarian here. This makes sense to me, I have probably always been on the dovish, liberal and progressive sides of things, but I have varied widely on the economic axis. Nowadays I tend to think that the...

1) Those who you know to be unreliable. 2) Those who may or may not be reliable. 3) Those who you would trust implicitly. Enter a relationship as a 3 yourself and look for partners who show characteristics of 2 or 3. Spend enough time with them and have enough experiences together so that you can d...

Another political argument that misses the facts and can't explain the massive problems that I've clearly articulated. The facts are clear cut. No one has disputed it rationally or logically at all. Let's have a guess why that is the case ? Going back to the previous climate change thread a few yea...