Overanalyzed

Education or Ineducation

I’ve been bugged for years over this problem of inventing things that already exist.

For example, I may spend a great deal of time working on a concept, and arrive at an inventive solution, only to discover, when telling someone else about it, that it’s already been invented.

I myself have done that to others, told them their ideas already exist. I know Jeffy’s come up with a few.

After my most recent encounter with this problem, while working with a NAT traversal technique, I became annoyed at my education.

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Steady-state economy

I’ve been wondering lately about what the steady state of the American dream is. What are the unavoidable outcomes if every player in the game is following that strategy?

Seems to me that there’s a finite number of lawns to mow. There are economies of scale, and it’s well known that when providing a service or doing business, that results in a natural monopoly.

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Civic Literacy

I took an online civic literacy quiz not too long ago, it asked a lot of mainly trivia questions, but also some very interesting policy and mechanics of government questions.

Seems to me there should have been a few questions on that civic literacy quiz about why it’s good to be a citizen.

I would love to have seen a question “What is The American Dream?”

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