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also, gps hurts our ability to memorize how to get places. But worth the loss?

Just like books hurt our ability to memorize epic poems.

I used to live in the Tenderloin in late 90's early 00's. Nice affordable studio on Turk. There was always a diverse party going on during the day on the streets. Definitely had an old fashion skid-row vibe. Market street wasn't too bad then. Ah the memories.

include as much real world problems in your fiction as you want. if you start pushing a political view point (communism is bad; capitalism is bad) without including the nuances of what you'd experience in a real world, then you get less good fiction. this is true of pushing political pov's, or other things when your fiction is out of balance. Author pushing a pov will usually degrade the quality of the work. just like contriving a plot to make it exciting debases your fiction. Generally speaking. in the end it's the delight in the spine the defines the quality of art.

do they cause a lot of hand tumors?

do people put their phone up to their head any more?

More questions than answers.

missed the "without" in the AC statement i think.

+1

Give me a break!

Amazing he got through it all.

Article doesn't make sense to me. UBI is less prescriptive than many other govt benefits.