It is too late now. There are no pare to optimal solutions left

2. There are many alternatives to fossil diesel

3. The alternatives involved decentralised technology, so is actively opposed by entrenched interests who would burn the world for a dollar

Liars

But there is still journalism.

* Propublica

* The Economist

* The Guardian

* 404 Media

Life is much harder for journalist now, and joining g the "darkside" of PR is the best/lucrative career path, but it exists

"Normal"?

It will cause huge disruption on its way to increasing efficiency, and if we maintain our freedoms, increasing welfare.

But:

AI cannot do your job

Your boss bought AI to do your job

You're fired

Not that long ago we would all have been very used to watching people have sex.

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About congress overriding safety concerns for their personal convenience

Air traffic controllers' concerns were shutdown by the FAA because of "politics"

I am gobsmacked. Where was the air traffic controllers' union? They could have used industrial action to address the unsafe conditions

I am yet to finish the document. I am expecting to see the ATCs and the pilots blamed by the authorities, I hope not.

An economist....

No. You, and I, are sensible....

I'm not "going nuts" over energy drinks, but the key ingredient is not caffeine, it is sugar

The evidence has been mounting for decades, sugary drinks are devastating public health

If "money" is the some function of all outstanding credit, then yes, it is created (mostly) by bank lending

If you define money as a web of trust then it is mostly created by those that create the rules. The state

True. But it has added enormous benefits to many other parts of the economy.

Airlines do not capture that value.

That is where the AI companies are. Adding value they cannot capture

That definitely was true.

I am unsure it is still true. Index funds have taken so much of the trade volume the are becoming momentum strategies

So long as you are happy following the market wherever it goes, and if the recent past is a guide then up is the direction, then yes.

But given the nepotism and corruption in the highest reaches of USAnian society (e.g. Trump's crypto currency scams and the blatant inside dealing and rule ignoring of the Space X float) the future looks much less certain than the past

Yes I hear about that a lot. Yuk

But I also hear that FIFA puts a lot of resources into developing the game in African countries.

I am asking: Is that true in your experience?