I recall wondering when the pendulum would finally shift back from the siege mentality and we could get on with living.

It never did.

9/11 was so ingrained into the American psyche. Moreso than even Pearl Harbor.

The promise for what might have been compared to what we are has never been more stark.

Per this, studies are inconclusive, but the most important part Even if streetlights have no effect on crime, they make people feel safe.

Let me try this again [fnord] paranoia [fnord].

Oh god! I forgot elections are coming which means every zealot will do their best to alienate everyone from their side.

You might have heard directives that people should pull over only in well lit areas, or women and the like should stick to well lit areas, etc.

And as people are simply everywhere, that means the entire globe will be lit eventually, your erudite suggestions notwithstanding.

or paranoia, take your pick, but if it is a question of stargazing or crime, crime will win out. Always.

Well, there is the hope with new elections the executive will be disciplined (whether that is better or worse, who can say) and Trump can spend the remainder of days hounded by lawsuits.

Better get cracking on it now though before this becomes the new norm.

Eh, market logic as designed (as high profits should attract more manufacturers).

But...

The amount of cash sloshing through will probably purchase that supply too.

The problem isn't exactly the market but the gradient of cash. When only dollars get a vote, the distribution starts looking tyrannical.

You most certainly deserve a prize for actually clicking on the article.

Or deep suspicion for possibly being an alien.

I'm not sure which.

Better interpretation is why there wasn't flexible hours offered for full-time? Why should flexible hours incur a pay reduction?

That alone probably kept me on windows longer than I should have.

Yes yes yes, there are managers available for linux, but none come close to the ease and integration of IDM.

If it is national strategic importance, why are these companies overseas? Why isn't it nationalized?

National security is corporate security, but when you have trans-nationals, governments only serve as whores of the corporate class.

Beyond lamenting the potential loss of markets, what difference does war make except moving headquarters?

Can't have it both ways.

There's a certain elegance that the modern AAA games industry would willingly do this to themselves in the name of absolute profits, and will be wiped from the memory of this era.

History is written by the victors, and publishers have already lost and are too dumb to realize it.

Eh, no. That would be land value tax.

Per wiki: Economists since Adam Smith and David Ricardo have advocated this tax because it does not hurt economic activity, and encourages development without subsidies., appealing to economist as diverse as Stiglitz to Friedman.

LVT is an in kind wealth tax.

Consistently amazed that Capitalism(TM) only has good characteristics and apparently no bad.

The only other thing that seems to come close is religon.

What is the saying- man with no health problems, short life. man with health problem, long life?

Most healthy-ish people aren't aware of the damage they do to their bodies until it is too late, whereas people with chronic conditions are more mindful of their health.

Especially for some careers, they aren't designed with health in mind and falls into to the same personal blame for any shortcomings instead of the system that lead them there.

I'm leery of professional practice as there has been numerous document cases of abuse by both practitioners and government. Can't say if that aspect has ended or is just more well hidden. I doubt the quest for a mind control drug has gone away.

That said, the benefits of psilocybin are well documented. I just don't trust the current regulatory environment.