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...means we'll be 3% less rich by 2030. We haven't spent anywhere near this amount in the last 50 years to do anything good in the world. So it seems a little naive to say now it's all cheap...
...course, we don't. We've had most of these problems for 50 years and we haven't fixed all of them. It seems reasonable to me to have a conversation: If we don't fix all problems tomorrow, can we at least talk about where we could do the most good first? Not ignoring the fact we should be doing all these things - but since we aren't, shouldn't we have a conversation about whether we can do lots of good or a little good...
...dollars that they don't know what to do with. Up to now they've been content to recycle most of them by buying Treasury bills and other U.S. securities. The U.S. has enjoyed the low interest rates that have resulted, while China, the gulf states and Japan haven't wanted to face the consequence that by selling dollars, they would decrease the value of their remaining dollar holdings...
...massive amount of computing power, as much as some of the world's largest supercomputers, and all they do with it is send out spam and conduct the occasional denial-of-service attack (bombarding a specific server with traffic until it shuts down). We're lucky: so far they haven't gone in for more lucrative, damaging activities like online gambling, stock scams and stealing passwords and credit-card information. Is it possible that even a worm can have a conscience...
...Harvard women’s soccer team prepares to attack its first matchup of the season in the Ancient Eight tomorrow against Yale in New Haven, Conn. Recording a 6-1 season so far, with the only loss to Boston College (currently ranked ninth in Div I.), the Crimson is looking at quite a different season from last year...