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Cake day: September 15th, 2023

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  • Indeed, but the way the math for expansion works is that there is something called a Hubble horizon and that makes it impossible to ever reach the edge, since it is moving away from us faster than light. (The limit doesn’t apply to the expansion of space-time).

    Quite a nifty solution by the Supreme Programmer to avoid us hitting the limits of the simulation. I couldn’t have designed it better.



  • I fully agree.

    Also, one thing that Unions always have trouble with is that there is no individual benefit to joining a union, only a cost, so you get a prisoners dilemma type situation.

    Even in Scandinavian countries, union membership is on the decline.

    Personally, I think the solution should be that union dues are paid by a small tax, making it ‘free’ to join a union. And the unions can provide free benefits to their members, such as legal advice and representation. This will make it attractive to join a union.



  • Perhaps, but he does have a point.

    Boycotts, protests, press articles and just public opinion in general used to be powerful tools to influence companies and politicians.

    But they have lost their effectiveness, because companies and politicians have figured out ways to make themselves immune to boycotts and protests.

    They have engineered society to make us all dependent and confused.

    It used to be, every product in the supermarket had a smallish company behind it, and that company was very sensitive to public opinion. There was always competition ready to steal market share.

    Now all the brands are just labels for a few giant corporations. You simply can’t boycott them. If one brand becomes the target of a boycott, a different brand from the same or another multinational will get the money, perhaps through a store brand.