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And that’s basically it!
I don’t think OP knows what literally means. The wsj did not ask the question in the title. It asked a different question.
Oh I’m with you, but I stopped fighting for the word “literally” when the damn dictionaries gave up and added shit like this:
2 informal : in effect : VIRTUALLY —used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible
I literally died of embarrassment.
… will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or inju
This is why my Dad thinks climate change is hysteria. WSJ ran an article (basically) positing that geoengineering will fix it anyway, and it’s best to pump the economy (with oil) to get there.
…Which I was particularly hurt by.
I've been reading geoengineering papers for a decade+, and the most practical theoretical ones boil down to desperate plans like “bathe the South Pole in sulfuric acid rain” that are still so heinously expensive it’s basically sci fi. And that’s assuming “tipping points” don’t materialize. Gah.
There's also the, cause massive algae blooms in-between shipping lanes to try to soak up lots of carbon.
The method is by dumping millions of tons of iron ore dust into the open ocean.
One guy tested it, and it did cause an algae bloom. He didn't do smaller scale tests, just dumped a ton or so of iron ore dust into the ocean.
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They have the most disgusting reporting. It arrives at my office, and sometimes when I want to punish myself or know my enemy I’ll crack it open.
It's very unlikely that a galaxy collision would meaningfully affect anything for us except our view of the night sky (over millions of years).
Well over the course of the collision, the solar system could get ejected from the galaxy. But also the collision is predicted to occur nearly 10 billion years from now so the sun would have already consumed Earth. Overall, probably a bad thing for the economy
It depends whether we're observing, involved, or committed. (A la TV viewer, TV chef, chicken)
So using this logic 9-11-2001 was ultimately good for the economy
It’s been commonly held for a long time that the deficit spending and industrial gear up for World War 2 are what finally shook the US out of the Great Depression, which has created a deeply-seated association between war and economic stimulation. It’s worth revisiting that question for today’s extremely different conflicts and economy. It may not be true anymore, and if not, that seems worth knowing.
Similarly, there’s a long history of warfare driving technological innovation. I think this one is even less controversial. It’s just a fact. But pointing that out doesn’t mean I’m recommending we go to war for the sake of innovation.
Sounds like it, they seem to think that the hate that motivates people to work harder for no extra pay out of revenge against the current boogeyman is a good way to extract more from "the cattle".
So wait... If Hell is good for the economy... That must mean the economy...
Keep going! You're so close!
Rule 34 applies.
No, not that one. Rule of acquisition #34.
"Peace is good for business"?
No, that's the 35th rule.
Oh, what's 34?
They must have meant #35
literally asked
It's a newspaper: how else are they gonna ask?
We're all just a number on a spreadsheet to them. A unit of input labor, a liability, etc. You shove this number of laborers in one side, and you get this amount of profit out the other side.
The DOW, the DOW right now...
and yet its sooo wrong to shoot pharma CEOs
March 14 – 15
today
this is ticking off my "bot repost!!" heuristics...
At the end of the day, we have to consider that the orphan crushing machine also generates jobs.
