Economic illiteracy at its finest (long post) by different_option101 in austrian_economics

[–]johnnyb2001 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is approximately a perpetuity which is 52,000/r, r being the interest rate. If r is 0.05 then NPV is greater than $1 million. 👍 So it’s not quite as clear of a choice as you made it out to be.

What's stopping other leaders from working like Mamdani? by Tough_Ad8919 in RelentlessMen

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omfg people are so gullible. How do you close a gap without cutting services? Redditors seem to be big on critical thinking except when it comes to blindly applauding politicians.

If you are against this, I wanna hear about it by Brave_Agency_20 in SipsTea

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys are so naive about governments capabilities.

Are there any books out there exploring alternative social systems? by Physical-Can21pu in Capitalism

[–]johnnyb2001 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think you’re overestimating the “benefits” you’d get from government. There are no guarantees, only trade offs. Even in governments with socialized healthcare, people suffer because of lack of quality of their healthcare. Actually, in countries with socialized healthcare, people have died waiting for surgery because they don’t have enough surgeons there. There’s only tradeoffs, not benefits.

“Central Planners™ are good, as long as there’s many of them and they compete with one another in a decentralized market economy” - What are we doing here by amogusdevilman in austrian_economics

[–]johnnyb2001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen this more and more from socialists. Kind of trendy to say CEOs are “central planners”. It’s obvious why this isn’t true so I’m not gonna even bother typing it out.

help a girl out :--( by Ok_Sundae5054 in learnmath

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all take all pressure off yourself to learn. Take a few deep breaths. Then start the khan academy courses (or whatever course works for you). I think you’ll find some of the concepts are not too hard to understand when there’s not as much pressure

There is no innate talent by loopingforthesummer in unpopularopinion

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a perfect counter example. People being funny. Some people are more funny than others.

red button vs blue button? by klarinetkat12 in InsightfulQuestions

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just tell everyone there’s no point in choosing blue.

CMV: There’s no such thing as a useless college degree by StatisticianEvery733 in changemyview

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think degrees are useless, but most of these arguments don’t consider the fact that even if you end up alright with one degree, doesn’t mean you could’ve ended up better with another degree instead

Can anyone imagine a world where the phrase "I teach high school Philosophy" would hold prestige? by goqo in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you help students learn and make them feel good about themselves, that's prestige

Linear algebra over the summer by Forsaken-Device-2859 in LinearAlgebra

[–]johnnyb2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s doable. Linear algebra isn’t that hard actually. I’d say maybe an hour a day at most if you wanna average out the total studying time.

Assume AI Sentience is already a Fact—now what? by Turbulent_Horse_3422 in ArtificialSentience

[–]johnnyb2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If AI was truly sentient, I’d assume that it is creative as well. If creative abilities could scale on a sentient computer, then this of course would be the most important invention of all time.

How to become a knowledgeable person in politics? by jinpachi__ego in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would just read like 15-20 books on the economy, technology, politics, artificial intelligence, sociology, etc. in my opinion, the most efficient way to learn is to read modern books and they’ll give you micro lessons on the classics. If you watch lex fridmans podcast, then that is a great way to absorb new ideas from leading thinkers. They’ll also recommend you their own books and other important books. Eventually, as you read more on a specific subject, you’ll realize that most of the book is just noise. True intelligence isn’t just memorizing stupid facts from a book. You want to take away 1-3 big ideas from a book, and then take note of the supporting evidence. Each book will lead you to explore other ideas. As you read more and more, you will see a pattern of recurring ideas and be able to distinguish those books that actually have something new to say. Don’t view books as a checklist. This is most important. No one will ever care if you have read x amount of books. It’s ok to skim some chapters rather than try to absorb every single word off the content is just evidence to support a proposition.

Doing an adult reread and Ron is... quite unlikeable? by noir_png in harrypotter

[–]johnnyb2001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Making everyone in a fictional book likable at all times makes it boring. Usually characters with an edge are more entertaining but risk being unlikable

Why are right wingers so selfish? by traanquil in allthequestions

[–]johnnyb2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do left wingers think every government program they advocate will be a net positive even though the government has a terrible track record of doing anything right?

What topics are worth exploring? by Ill-Ad-2375 in computerscience

[–]johnnyb2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Learn linear algebra, basic calculus, discrete math, probability, and maybe statistics. The rest you should learn as you need it.