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LockNess0 | 7 years ago | on: Opioids and the Labor Market (2018)

The possible point should be that we just mature as a society and accept that drugs are a part of human life - and that altering brain chemistry can be very useful.

Then we might develop drugs which are safe to use and non-addictive, and provide real productivity gains.

Brave New World as an example.

If all drugs are developed or sold under a veil of criminality, that will never happen. We need to expose them to market forces, litigation, consumer testing and regulation.

LockNess0 | 7 years ago | on: An Insulin Index of Foods (1994)

If she was Northern European, she evolved with potatoes, and you, a Southern European, evolved with Pasta, clearly /s

LockNess0 | 7 years ago | on: H-1B: Outsourcer HCL games visa system to discriminate against non-South Asians

If we are going to use a lottery for the H1B, we should also place a ceiling on the number of visas issued to nationals from any particular country: I suggest 10%.

This is similar to how the Green Card lottery works.

Otherwise one or two large countries will just monopolise the whole system, spamming applications from their brethren.

This is exactly what is happening, with Indians making up 76% of H1B holders.