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Solve our biggest problems? I'm neutral here, but are you sure that's what is happening in the Bay Area and no where else in the world?

Your use of declarative and profound statements, with no evidence, gives me a high degree of distrust towards anything you say.

With that said, I have a few specific points.

> Prison is society's recourse for anti-social behavior

Lets speak objectively. Prison is a punishment that is forced upon some people who are found guilty of breaking some law. Many laws exist without thought for "social" behavior.

> Does it have to be a violent and horrible place? No. The residents tend to make it that.

Some residents make it that. Other residents have little to no "social" means of preventing or defending themselves against it.

> I am against pampering in anyway, with my tax dollars, people whom I've had to remove from proper society...for anti-social behavior.

Its funny that you use the word "pampering" when the alternative we are discussing is torture.

Nonetheless, this is the easiest point at which I can find common ground with you. Would you, rather than pay with your tax dollars for "pampering" prisoners, pay for educating prisoners so that our GDP grows? If there were ways to measure that GDP increased because we educated and enabled certain prisoners, would you gripe less?

> Prison is supposed to be a deterrent.

I've always heard that its supposed to be for rehabilitation. But, again, lets speak to the reality rather than the ideal: Prison is obviously not an effective deterrent.

> These people don't require reform. They are typically leaniently sentenced, pay for their mistake and move on.

What evidence do you have that people who don't need reform are typically leniently sentenced?

Out of curiosity, what brought you to HN? While not riding the tech train professionally, have you considered investing in or starting any products?

Son of a bitch that is a lot of debt. It stresses me out just reading about it. I guess few people do the math correctly when they go get a degree.

Can anyone here who opted to take a student loan for a technical degree speak to whether it is daunting to them or they are comfortable with the trade?

> the idea of “online shopping” has only been around for the last 15 years

Along with so, so many ideas that are prolific in web people's every day lives. Its pretty wild if you think about it: industry standards haven't even been set for many of the technologies we use daily.

"Most Enabled Entrepreneurs Ever?"

Most definitely. At the same time I wonder if alpha personalities were more enabled before regulation and competition were everywhere.

Anyway, I'd like to hear the talk on this portion. The slides are okay but its an interesting discussion and nothing was really said about the implications (except for some examples of people who, because of passion + being enabled, were extremely successful).

> driving requires alpha decision-commitment and trust that the gigantic killing machines around you will make room for your bold, assertive self

In the city this is true. I learned to drive on highways and suburban streets, and it was much less stressful. Transitioning to city driving took practice and, most of all, objective-based transport methodology ("I have to be at a client's office in 10 minutes...I'm turning!!").

In your script, you have:

> You: This is a really great offer because [a sentence or two about why you want to work for them.]. But I was really looking for a little higher compensation.

> Then, this is the most important part: they need to speak next. You have to be silent until they respond. They will give you one of three responses:

At which point you list the three responses. But the most common (in my experience) response is missing: "Okay, what were you thinking for salary?".

Everything said in the post is easy to conclude if you learn a little bit about negotiation and understand some more niche things like how to valuate shares of a company.

"Deligne’s most spectacular results are on the interface of two areas of mathematics: number theory and geometry"

This is very compelling. Can anyone suggest topics or materials of study to explore this interface?