impoverishment

I think we're betting that the other side is less willing to tolerate global impoverishment than the others, and to what degree.

That impoverishment-via-massive-theft of a whole nation is at least as heinous an act as that of a man who picks your pocket.

Imo unless "significant" is in the 10s of millions, one can expect near instantaneous impoverishment.

"In any case, it shows a tremendous impoverishment of imagination to claim that Google Scholar is equivalent to an actual free market in research.

It's starting to become unreasonable and lead to unexpected adults, including the impoverishment of social life.

How could this lead to impoverishment when even relatively conservative asset management averages returns of >5%?

It seems just as likely to me that our current societies simply does not value or reward reproducing, and in some cases, outright punishes child rearing with impoverishment or being socially exiled.

> I disagree, the data exists, this is fundamental, we are not going towards data impoverishment, we are necessarily living in an environment rich with data.

The 19th century was when slavery and serfdom was technically abolished in much of the world, but the US was the only place where that loss of wealth was not compensated, and the country as a whole suffered from the impoverishment of the South.

I nearly stopped reading after this phrase: Conrad Black, one of the most consequential public intellectuals and businessmen of our eraThis guy is a CEO who raided his own company's coffers, to the vast enrichment of himself and the impoverishment of his shareholders.

>> " For me the default of "the data doesn't exist" seems more natural to me than trusting everyone to not abuse it."I disagree, the data exists, this is fundamental, we are not going towards data impoverishment, we are necessarily living in an environment rich with data.

I suspect the result of at least the last 10 years of policy will be an era of impoverishment not seen in 100 years in the USA in the short term, and another era in human history of stagnation and eventual oppression as humanity turns in on itself if the unearned, and unwarranted wealth is not recalled.

It may be unfounded, but if relatively smart people make a bad leap of logic it is not unreasonable to imagine that less intelligent people will make the same mistake.>efforts to reduce infant mortality and morbidity, and developmental defects in early childhood by combating drug-use were misguided; and going forward those efforts should be focused on learning about and mitigating whatever the effects of impoverishment are.>efforts to reduce infant mortality and morbidity, and developmental defects in early childhood by combating drug-use were misguided;No, they weren't.