Such a great article! The in depth reporting and the multiple in-person interviews made this a compelling and authoritative article. Well worth a read.

Personally if I ever were to collect art (admittedly unlikely) I would prefer a copy that is clearly marketed as a copy (different size canvas from the original). That way I could enjoy the look of the art without anyone ever having to wonder if its real or fake, since its obviously a copy. A copy that is clearly labelled as a copy would let me enjoy the art without costing crazy amounts of money. Of course museums have to display the real original item, but I'm still puzzled why private collectors would want an original, given the high cost outlay and the worry about whether it's truly the original.

Totally agree. I'm also puzzled by the willingness of high-end brands to, as you say, have their customers do free advertising for them.

How many of us would be willing to wear a billboard with a company's name on it? When we don't earn anything from it? And when its something that costs us money - like shoes, handbag, or shirt, there is even less sense in advertising it for them.

I agree it looks tacky and again, I'm surprised at high end brands doing this.

Some great points made in this article. I feel like yeah, social media is more about how people want to appear to OTHERS, as opposed to what they truly intrinsically want.

Agreed. I find it ironic that Windows in some way, shape or form, driving a lot of the demand for Linux. If Windows was a much better and more secure operating system, I suspect some of the demand for Linux would be less.

I do think that climate change, sadly, will ultimately become a generational conflict because many of the ppl in charge of countries are of a generation that tends to dispute the reality of climate change.

We can hope for more younger people in government, but sadly that is not the case right now. I also think it may be perhaps harder for older people to think long term than younger people. Those who expect they may have 50 or more years ahead of them might be more likely to make decisions for the longer-term situation instead of short-term financial gains at the expense of an environmental disaster.

I'm not saying all older people think like that, just that many of the people in government appear to do so.

... so that we can pollute the moon too, I guess.

I've never felt that Yelp is accurate. I also feel like it makes reviewers jump through hoops by encouraging them to write more reviews in order to make it more likely that their review is recommended (I mean to make sure it's not in the "not recommended" reviews that are hidden), etc etc. So it's not only bullying businesses, I feel it also tries to bully reviewers into do more and more work. I only have about 3 yelp reviews and I decided never to put any more reviews on for exactly that reason. If Yelp thinks I'm not trustworthy because I only have 3 reviews, that's their problem not mine. I think reviewers need to realize that by reviewing places on yelp, they're basically working for Yelp for free.

So it looks like they'll still be running but under the new ownership. It'll be interesting to see if they can survive. I was pleasantly surprised that they were not liquidated.

Totally agree - can't see why its a bonus to board early. Also I don't see why people have to travel with more than a backpack and water bottle as cabin baggage.

I see one problem with that. How many companies would want their workers to be wearing these and potentially letting Google see all their trade secrets?

...it will be called the duck bill.

Agreed. I can understand no right to repair if I'm leasing an item, but if I've paid for it in full, it's mine and I should be able to do what I want with it, including repairing it.

That is super scary. I hope I never have to depend on closed source code for anything, especially nothing medical.

I honestly can't imagine anything more boring, but that's just me. I tend to do my thinking without any need for philosophy parties.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, oh no, now it isn't. Grilled meats are healthy, oh no, now they might cause cancer. And on and on and on. I'm pretty sure these things are just set to change every few years.

This was a very in-depth article. However, while it clearly identified specific problems, nowhere in the reading of it did it offer any possible solutions (e.g. deleting it from phone and checking it only occasionally from desktop, or limiting or stopping usage altogether).

The base level of it sounds awesome, and I loved reading about the higher-end one that was reviewed.

An account of the horrific ramifications that government and business entities can put onto individual civilians by simply not thinking about what they're doing.