Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Questions NOV 10

 MF -p.204 (ch.47); FINAL REPORT PRESENTATIONS continue:  Tom, Conor, Brandon, Kelsey....

  1. Are public protest demonstrations just parties that don't change anything? 156 Are "representatve democracies" always sabotaged by wealth inequality ("the rich will fight it")?  156
  2. Is the Davos World Economic Forum relevant to world events or just a distracting sideshow that has no significant influence on events? 159f.
  3. Do you think a "high middle class income" correlates with the greatest happiness? 163
  4. Has modern economic/technological efficiency become a bad thing? 165 Do most politicians concern themselves with how to "best arrange our lives together on gthis planet"? 166
  5. Are "crazies" outnumbered 100-1? 168 Is there a "silent majority"? How effective can it be in securing social stability?
  6. Is "society" real, or a conceptual abstraction? 169
  7. Are economists and those who think like them trying "merely to make more money" and not ttrying to improve the system? 171
  8. Do we need a "carbon coin" to address "the tragedy of the time horizon"? 172
  9. How can we lower the "discount rate"> 173
  10. Can you explain blockchain and encryption (etc.) in simple but accurate terms?  177
  11. More soon

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