tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post8167190942692568014..comments2023-09-26T10:38:35.085-04:00Comments on ImageFiction: Unsustainable MomentsTedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869579042505598957noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-79049062546184861772021-03-31T12:17:02.555-04:002021-03-31T12:17:02.555-04:00There are those who abhor any mechanism to satiate...There are those who abhor any mechanism to satiate human nature's appetites. One person's fantasy is the next individual's perversion... y'know? Suppose a universally accessible mechanism is devised to instantly and spontaneously make anything from nothing. Would it become instantly banned? Heh heh heh.. Will its opponents be more likely to come from the political right or left? Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869579042505598957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-29776611213761968422021-03-28T22:33:56.085-04:002021-03-28T22:33:56.085-04:00Reserving judgement upon its 'goodness', ...Reserving judgement upon its 'goodness', Is capitalism the historically most efficient machine to satiate the largest percentage of human nature's appetites? Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869579042505598957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-72018977550221634802021-03-26T11:42:59.876-04:002021-03-26T11:42:59.876-04:00Sure it is :smile:
Interestingly enough, in the U...Sure it is :smile:<br /><br />Interestingly enough, in the UK, pharmacies and medical practitioners are allowed to apply covid vaccines. Quite a success, I think. In Austria, only institutionalized vaccination centers do it, and they do it with an enormous overhead in buerocracy. <br /><br />Why not practitioners? Well, seems like the gov fears, they would take advantage of their position, sell Andreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992874945092411553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-53140756020119396262021-03-26T09:25:08.254-04:002021-03-26T09:25:08.254-04:00Is it human nature to “take advantage”? 🤫🤪Is it human nature to “take advantage”? 🤫🤪Ted Byrnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-41251475153725650522021-03-23T20:51:44.724-04:002021-03-23T20:51:44.724-04:00Oh my, that's eight months since the last post...Oh my, that's eight months since the last post and only slightly less since we last spoke. Trump is gone and the world is ... not much better :)<br /><br />Hmm ... in a comment to an article in one of our slightly better newspapers (no comparison to the NYT or The Guardian), I recently mentioned that people's real problems are all on the Rich vs Poor axis, while our problems WITH people Andreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992874945092411553noreply@blogger.com