free market capitalism is a system of voting

 You vote everyday on things by how you spend your money. You don't need to select a party that comes with prepackage beliefs. If you want more of something spend money on it. Its a way of voting without election and oversight. Free market capitalism the the best voting system.

live in a simulation or not

 Assume we live in a simulation. The algorithm must have data that represents points because computers are discrete. We know from relativity that there is no absolute positions. That is a contradiction so we don't live in a simulation equivalent to the Turing machine.

why groups that rule by fear can never forgive

If they forgave people for past actions then people that are currently afraid of being revealed would be less afraid because they know there is a forgiveness path. That would cause the group to have less control so they must never forgive.

bitcoin is a cargo cult

spaceblacks

Its a story of a dystopian future where an evil overlord rules. He likes to mess with people so he creates a word no one is allowed to say. If you say it your life will be ruined! But he selects a group of 10 percent of the people who are allowed to say the word and not have their life ruined. They can say the work anytime they want. They can even call the people who are not allowed to say the word, the word. The can laugh and joke and say the word. They can put the word in songs and make the songs popular but if someone who is not allowed to say the word sings the song and says the word their life is ruined.

the average design principal

the larger the team that design something the more average the design will be 

how to calculate the interest rate at which the government will be one hundred percent insolvent

d - total debt

t - total amount of money the government takes in

i

Solve for when d*i = t. i = t/d

For Canada the number if 14% when I calculated it six months ago. Probably lower than that now.