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andrewducker) wrote2015-11-30 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2015-11-30 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 30-11-2015
- How have I never heard of the Lac Manicouagan impact crater before? It's amazing!
- Chris Hadfield meets Randall Munroe
- Turns out what I needed this afternoon was Shake It Off: Disney Style
- Camerons Plan for Isis in Syria (answered in 43 key points in the FT)
- Had a prophecy about your child/kingdom? Here's how to cope with it well
- If you want to say "Thank you", don't say "Sorry".
- How Plastic Injection Molding works, and what makes LEGO design so awesome.
- Rimming: what does ass taste like? (A question I'd wondered since, well, Queer as Folk in 1999)
- Why hacker culture is changing (and why it must continue to do so)
- Telling managers to be meritocratic makes them pay men more than women
- Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat denies he has made show more misogynist
- Your Brain on Poverty: Why Poor People Seem to Make Bad Decisions
- Yet another argument for a guaranteed income to remove the stress.
- A Historic Day for the World of Competitive Rubik’s Cube Solving
- Monogamy reduces major social problems of polygamist cultures
- Toyota Unintended Acceleration and the Big Bowl of Spaghetti Code
- Hidden Gems of the Steam Sale 2015 (20 games worth checking out, for a dollar or less)
- The secret to a conflict-proof relationship? Feeling like your partner understands you
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Setting a guaranteed income at, say, 30% of median income, and setting a flat income tax around 45% would do a pretty good job (from some playing with Excel several years ago).
For a really good piece on how to make it work though, I recommend:
https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/could-citizens-income-work
Or waiting to see how Finland manages:
http://qz.com/566702/finland-plans-to-give-every-citizen-a-basic-income-of-800-euros-a-month/