#Consumer

Starting to formulate a theory that I’m tentatively terming “Techno-Crapitalism”: the tyranny of half-broken technology dictating your lives for capitalist gains; immiserating the consumer-user in the process. Some examples:You attemp
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How to Make money buying Good business paying a high multiple? Terry Smith (Fundsmith) Presentation Investment Strategy Importance of ROCE Which one do you want ? High sustainable ROCE means
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Do some face masks offer more protection than others? We tested more than 20 different consumer masks to determine if the style, fabric, fit and number of layers make a
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I just wanted to note for posterity: I have altered my project, this involved extra reading, reapplying for ethical approval, re-recruitment. I was due to start data collection in April
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Normative economics developed around two approaches:- Choosing (C) identifies how society ought to choose for each situation in some domain;- Ranking (R) identifies how society ought to rank alternatives in
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I watched the Nick Bilton "Fake Famous" doc on HBO.The premise is to manufacture a fake famous person. The result is someone who is now "actually" famous, on Insta and,
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Covid: The War We Never Fought - Consumer SurplusVery enjoyable if only as a swift review of all the Covid gainsayers“Some of these people are just cranks, but the government
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Watching the new season of The Boys and I think the conversation between Stormfront and Homelander is one of the most interesting things I've seen on a tv show in
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Since the conversation is about credit scores and Credit Karma, it feels like a good time to share some information about credit reports I learned recently... 1/ First, understand that
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On the Texas outages and “free market” economics for essential public goods - a thread. /1 In 2000, I was in CA during their energy crisis. At the time, many
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This is terrific and important work by NYT. The fact that many Americans won't believe it is a testament to the multi-pronged challenges we need to tackle in today's information
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Many people are wondering whether Studying MBBS in Private Medical Colleges are worth it and whether the money spent there can be earned . . .Some even have a stupid
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X-As-A-Service is rent. The wealth of a society can be readily determined by what a citizen owns - what is theirs without question - and what they rent, conditional on
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Just like diamonds are forever, Bacon and eggs, the America's favourite breakfast was a successful PR stunt and not a true health mandate. Bacon and eggs were introduced to Edward
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Thread: How do you make as a social startup? Many hesitate to launch social companies because of monetization or because they think ads are the only way to go…founders, this
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Hmmmm .... covid rules destroying thousand year old daily life justice system based on human wisdom — then this using GameStop drama to push for rules written in code. Feels
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