> Plato is, by far, the best philosopher of all time. I don't say that lightly and am open to arguments.
This is a thoroughly modern perspective. Historically, Aristotle was considered "The Philosopher". Plato has staged a resurgence in the discourse (in fact I'm partial to Plato myself), but you're over-stating his historical impact. Which is sort of ironic, when you're discussing historical impact.
Typically the small amount of volume is by the contract owner attempting to pick up attention from momentum trading bots.
This type of contract made a killing a few months ago. Basically miners trade by sandwiching orders in the mempool. You can search the 'salmonella' contract for more info.
This sounds great to me, but could you give an example of the sort of town you mean?
I am only really experienced with NYC, which due to geographic and traffic constraints, just seems difficult to dip into more than once a month.
You're right that he shouldn't feel the same obligation to speak out in defense of Tibet. But the issue with James is his history of comments that support the PRC's regime in Uyghur land. He isn't neutral on the issue of China. See: his comments during the Houston fiasco.
> right mix of extracurricular and volunteer activity today
This is close, but I imagine it would be more akin to temporarily relocating to a different school district, then selling / moving out after the children hit college age.
Note that this type of thing does aalready happen, albeit not to the extremes you're imagining. Imagine one parent retiring early or temporarily so that total family income qualifies for certain loans or grants.
Just off the top of my head, Kenya has a KPMG office. I don't think its accurate to say that Kenyans have to be runners for a sniff of opportunity. This is the sort of patronizing contradiction that comes out when white people self-flagellate.