we need to reel in the international shipping industry, the fashion industry, and also the global war machine

Believe you mean “modernize” and not “reel in,” because ending international shipping would be catastrophic worldwide.

“This actual data isn’t data. My personal anecdotes are data”

Do you not recall the literal trade war we were in before COVID?

Theres still onsistently high tariffs on imported goods, and the US government is even considering banning the sale of US steel to Nippon

Not all of them, but enough of them to ruin it for everyone else.

This is where we disagree

Agreed. That’s my point.

People really are afraid of things, or not afraid of things, all across a spectrum, and people rarely agree on everything that is serious.

Policy shouldn’t be shaped by fear.

Like data privacy concerns?

See the problem there? We disagree on what to be afraid of.

Yes, absolutely. Look at the current insane level of protectionism.

This seems like a policy problem and not a tech problem.

I think a lot of us immediately think of the science fiction book and movie, “Minority Report” wherein law enforcement has access to the private thoughts of citizens and arrests and convicts those who have contemplated crime but have not yet perpetrated the crime.

This is a matter of public policy, not tech. As are your privacy concerns.

I’m sure at some point in the future someone will do bad things with every piece of technology, as they have with every piece of technology so far.

That’s no reason to be upset about advances in new technology

Why?

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Unlikely. These implants require far less in terms of outside-the-body tech.

Also those people were blind, which is a whole other issue because you need external feedback processing.

Its novelty is that it doesn’t require open brain surgery. Instead, it’s implanted through a slit at the base of the neck and threaded up through the jugular vein into the motor cortex—the part of the brain that directs movement. The device is powered by a small battery pack placed under the skin of the chest. Synchron has implanted 10 patients, including six in a US feasibility trial supported by the Brain Initiative.

Being up to “cure” paralysis is a great thing.

People buy them for millions or their value would not be in the millions

I’m not wrong. Women fail at suicide more than men because they generally mean it less, and often use things like pills. Men use guns more than women.

It is trivially easy to kill yourself, and it’s nonsense to argue against that.

That’s intentional, not because of difficulty achieving success

Also China and India, so like a quarter to a third of the world’s population

Note that they’re all culturally conservative, oppressive places though.

Shout-out to Seanbaby’s amazing review of this game (among others)

http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/nes/egm09.htm

I mean that’s why I said this

Rather, this is an issue of consumer protection, and consumer rights should generally be given preferential treatment over contracts for the same reasons unions exist - it levels the playing field between entities of far differing power and means.

“Early termination fees” do not solely apply to cable companies, and by and large are a good thing - this is how they shoved them past what should be common sense consumer protection legislation, which I also mention.

Are you asking why contracts in general are important?