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I read it, hoping that it was a story about a bunch of blotto journalists deciding they needed an after work spot of their own.

It's actually a really good article about journalists going undercover, operating a bar. Interesting finish discussing the ethics of doing journalism without your subject knowing. That relates strongly to some recent work like this prison guard article and all the undercover animal abuse videos that ag-gag laws are meant to prevent.

That's basically the episode of black mirror indeed, and I think if it helped her move on and get through the loss, then it was a good solution, after all. I'd say that bots like iFriend are pretty good when you just need someone to talk to and get distracted, so if you're not getting obsessed with them, I see nothing wrong.

Interesting read. I live about 30 minutes from Mankato, MN. I wonder if those Anti-Monopoly sets are still buried there.

EDIT: Probably not.

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You're absolutely right, though the only difference between space guns and electromagnetic launchers is that the former are (relatively) well-tested compared to the latter. There's a bit more in this Q&A with John Hunter about gas guns vs electric guns.

&quot;From the very first page I was consumed with an overwhelming imperative: <em>everyone needs to read this book as an act of digital self-defense.</em>&quot; -Naomi Klein

This was a nice read, but I think it highlights two opposing viewpoints - one, that people are irrational and behaviour is dependent on cues and nudges (see https://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061353248) and the other, that people are actually very rational decision makers and seemingly irrational behaviour can be explained logically (see https://www.amazon.com/Logic-Life-Rational-Economics-Irrational/dp/0812977874). Personally I think both are correct, depending on circumstance. The comment in the article about savings accounts being an avenue for taxation makes a lot of sense, and I suspect in this case there are probably logical reasons for not saving (beyond just not having money eg. families pressuring for money from those with savings, making it socially difficult to save) which makes this less susceptible to nudges