@serapath @ChrisMayLA6 @economics_that_works

I think like a lot of people Gary address is a very important theme which is wealth consolidation. And largely co-op housing has approving track record providing stable low cost housing.. basically any kind of non-market housing has a very good record of this.

@serapath @ChrisMayLA6 @economics_that_works

The point where I will disagree with you, is that people will try to store or accumulate or hoard wealth. Money is a means. Before money there were other ways to accumulate wealth.

His critique of Dawn Of Everything provides the basis to understand this from historical archaeological and anthropological lens. Do you wanna go over his older videos on this topic. He has a more recent four part series, but its focus is different.

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Also, how much does a tarp cost vs a sufficient quantity of tomato juice and H2O2?

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@simon are you ever worried at all that some team is going to optimize specifically for your pelican-bicycle test, in the same way that the ATI Rage Pro Turbo team optimized for the Winbench 98 benchmark back in the 1990s?

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gpt-6-rage-pro-turbo maybe?

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@serapath @ChrisMayLA6 @economics_that_works

Owning a house has long been advertised as a means to build and store wealth. Particularly since the end of World War II. The nature of the housing market itself, and how it is financed is another interesting corner of economic history.

@serapath @ChrisMayLA6 @economics_that_works

You might want to start with Wurbs. Or any of the subjects having to do with the definitions of left and right. They are likely to be substantially different from most things you hear.

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@ramsey maybe we should try for some sort of meetup?

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