I agree, but HN doesn't like metacomments that just complain on how an article/comment is being upvoted, hence you being downvoted. See guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
As Canada is separating from the US, it is growing closer with China. This makes Canada a threat to the US. This makes the US a threat to Canada. This makes the US more likely to grab Canada's arm and pull it back in its circle by force. Canada just did a model of how long it could last against a US invasion and the answer was that its defenses would last 2-5 days.
It's all unnecessary and will just cause pain to end up where it started.
I don't know if it's intentional, isn't this the ultimate form of liberalism? To give the individual full autonomy, unshackled from the dependencies of family, neighbors, community, and any other local associations individuals are "born in". Seems like we are exactly where we've been aiming at for a couple hundred years.
yes, because he forgot about the car. The reason we don’t befriend our neighbors is because as soon as we leave our home, we put ourselves in a metal cage, ensuring no one will talk to us if we don’t want them to.
Befriending your neighbors kind of works in a city but only REALLY works in Amish communities.
> they're not strictly necessary. We know this because humans can drive without a LIDAR
and propellers on a plane are not strictly necessary because birds can fly without them? The history of machines show that while nature can sometimes inspire the _what_ of the machine, it is a very bad source of inspiration for the _how_.
part of the book is an exhortation for introspection, to ask yourself what you really want out of a business (lifestyle, cash flow, money, etc.), and to realize that starting a business involves working ON your business, not IN it. There's a chapter too on the different personality types (entrepreneur, manager, technician) and how they relate to starting a business. All these together informs the reader on if they should start a business or not. It's a great book and really helped me--as a technician/tinkerer type--understand what sacrifices I'd have to make to start a business.
Just downvote and move on.