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  1. Jun 2026
    1. and it's like "You're almost making half of what I make." But when you think about it as a business income stream, suddenly if I have to hire one developer even just part time, there goes almost all that money. That's not even enough to hire a developer part-time, somebody who would be really skilled enough to work on Actual. And so money from a business perspective, having to set aside $20,000 to invest in development for a couple months - if you're a business and you can't afford that, that's a huge problem. But 20k for a personal -- you know, if I'm about to buy something for 20k, I agonize over that for week. I hate buying cars, because they are so freakin' expensive. But 20k in business money is nothing, right? I mean, for most businesses, that shouldn't be anything, if you're doing it right. So 3k - a lot of people were like "Dude, you're giving up $3,000 a month." To me, it's just like, you don't understand the burden, because I was lonely, and the next thing I really needed to do is either find a co-founder, which I couldn't do, or hire somebody else to help development. Like, properly hire; don't outsource some cheap labor. Properly hire somebody to help development. And $3,000 a month is not anywhere close to being able to hire somebody out. So you're kind of stuck in this awkward middle phase, which I think happens with bootstrapping, right? You've got to really bear through that awkward phase where you make enough money, to get to the point where you can start hiring out.
  2. Nov 2024
    1. first we've got to understand the difference between actual psychological infrastructure please and states of Consciousness so because for for our listeners states are cheap traits are expensive

      for - definition - psychological infrastructure - John Churchill - definition - state of consciousness - John Churchill - comparison - psychological infrastructure vs state of consciousness - John Churchill - quote - states (of consciousness) are cheap, traits ( of psychological infrastructure) are expensive - John Churchill

  3. Jan 2024
    1. we need to make the transition acceptable and attractive for the vast majority of citizens, and the only way to do that, is to make the changes easy to adopt. This requires strong engagement with society at large, and policies that make sustainable life choices not only easier, but also cheaper and more attractive. Or, put it the other way around, it must be more expensive to destroy the planet or the health of our fellow citizens".
      • for: meme - make it expensive to destroy the planet, quote - Johan Rockstrom, quote - make it expensive to destroy the planet, key insight - make it expensive to destroy the planet

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        • we need to make the transition acceptable and attractive for the vast majority of citizens, and the only way to do that, is to make the changes easy to adopt. This requires strong engagement with society at large, and policies that make sustainable life choices not only easier, but also cheaper and more attractive. Or, put it the other way around, it must be more expensive to destroy the planet or the health of our fellow citizens".
  4. Apr 2022
    1. David Fisman. (2021, December 15). HEPA air cleaners in hospital...lets compare cost to ECMO. ECMO course in the US costs around $93,000 CDN; US cost:charge ratio is around 0.2, so let’s say that’s $20,000 CDN. That’s the cost of 50 high end hepa air cleaners! Or you could do 250 CR boxes at around $80 a pop. [Tweet]. @DFisman. https://twitter.com/DFisman/status/1471259305961828355

  5. Feb 2022
  6. Jul 2021
    1. ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘@Professologue @sciam well it also gives references to documented cases. Why do you think uncertainty means we should not clean? And how is this different from debate (until very recently) about “airborne” nature, in your view?’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 15 July 2021, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1415357732446633984

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