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Re:The Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared on Friday October 09, 2015 @09:01PM (#10364035)
The nation state is dead unless Donald Trump manages to pull off a victory.
Re:Why are little kids in Japan so independent? on Friday October 02, 2015 @04:53PM (#10321252)
Even in the rough and tumble NY of 40 years ago, parents allowed kids to roam freely up until the tragic disappearance of Etan Patz in '79. [1]

Seems like that event and the subsequent media fearmongering is what really spurred the cultural shift towards helicopter parenting and a reduction in youthful independence in the US.

[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/hey-pare...

Re:Peeple app for rating human beings causes uproar on Friday October 02, 2015 @02:17PM (#10320262)
Considering credit companies and advertisers have been sprinting along this path of rating human beings for a while now, maybe Peeple (if executed well) can provide a necessary counterweight?
Re:JustFab: The Billion Dollar Startup with a Dark Past on Friday September 25, 2015 @03:47PM (#10280264)
To play devils advocate here, doesn't the individual always have a responsibility to read the fine print rather than blindly plugging their credit card details into an offer for cheap shoes?