Chronic30

No way

Go make that mobile app then.

Since your brought up the prestige issue. Prestige is a very important component when applying to jobs, meeting people, or going to graduate school. So no, Podunk U will not churn out great students.

Everyone is okay earning more money.

And that is entirely the student's fault.

I heard Stanford gives a (pre-tax) monthly stipend of $4k to their graduate students.

You can be sure Facebook will acquire any threatening social networks.

It is legal.

Last time I checked Amazon's hardware line... didn't go too well. Amazon is a retail company, not a software company. Remember that.

AWS (the closest thing to software Amazon owns) will converge to 0 profitably as competitors copy the easily replicable service.

You should voice your opinions to your local congressman. Meanwhile, shall we go back to building our mobile apps?

Not everyone. Generally those who are not temporarily embarrassed become the millionaires and Steve Jobs.

Sounds like a city problem.

Beijing routinely sends it's military to remote regions and kills thousands of people (usually Muslims) and it never hits the world news.

Beijing also prevents information (as well as people) flowing from one part of the country to another, both physically and digitally, to prevent outbreaks (typically against the government).

These are just two examples. Please tell me how Beijing is alleviating oppression.

Why block one email provider? Because China isn't a fan of Google. Yes they will be cut off from the world. But if you want to communicate with the Chinese, you will simply use something other than Gmail.

I'm a software physicist myself.

But people will say Google is cool and Microsoft isn't

Well then the interview process seems to be the problem then.

If you are smart and capable, the US is THE best place to be. If you aren't (and enjoy government financial support) the US is not the best place.

This is why Musk, Thiel, et al. moved to the US.

People fail to correctly value (1) the cost of these time saving services and (2) their own time.

It's similar to how people will drive around to save 5 cents per gallon on gasoline. Usually, they will only end up saving a dollar. Or someone will make multiple trips to their car to unload all groceries (which can add significant time in apartment buildings) because they wanted to save 20 cents and not buy a paper/plastic bag during checkout. These little things add up in time.

Many rich families own (at least) one car per family member. We are talking about luxurious add-ons which is why I bring this up.

The experts usually brief their soldiers about the tactical plan...

Perhaps you should use www.reddit.com

Most people live in cities, so your anecdote does not help.

No, because intelligent life exists outside of Earth. It is a matter of time until we find it. Just like it's a matter of time until religion is no more.

This. Many people will think their iOS app will revolutionize some niche market. Chances are, no it won't.

We're also left with many extraordinary hard working and intelligent adults.

Artificial sugar. Even some natural fruits are bad due to the high levels of natural sugar (e.g. kiwis)

And how is medical information any different from financial information? Financial information can be used to do exactly everything you said about leaked medical records, yet no one worries if their bank/identity has been compromised.