#question

  1. Are we really so much better off than people in 1910
  2. Brain dump of questions (2021)
  3. Did Privatization esp of key transport and telecommunication infrastructure improve performance and welfare?
  4. Does maternity/paternity leave impact long-term child outcomes
  5. Gov contribution to open software
  6. Have Kibbutz's failed and why?
  7. How big was the middle-class where one middle class guy supported a two-car family on his salary? And how much is explained by simple competition for resources?
  8. How do we evaluate when a technology is promising or not? e.g. often hear re blockchain that even if not working now, will work someday just like X tech before which was unpromising at the beginning
  9. How have the number of intentional communities (raw number, total members etc) fluctuated over time? Is it growing? Was there a big jump in the 60s?
  10. How many immigrants (1st, 2nd gen etc) are there from what cultures in countries in Europe and US
  11. How many monastics are there in different traditions and how has that changed over time? (and can one account for quality somehow)?
  12. How much does government spend on infrastructural project?
  13. How much extra must a divorced fmaily spend compared to a together family
  14. How much of our resources do we spent on building nice buildings or religious monuments compared to say medieval time
  15. Is there a fairly comprehensive open bibliographic database out there?
  16. Is there an open source carbon footprint calculator
  17. Measuring Power Inequality (vs e.g. Wealth or Income Inequality)
  18. Music industry revenues and how much goes to creators (or to creative work)
  19. Path-Dependent vs. Ergodic Systems
  20. Personality and temperament and polygenic scores - is there a relationship?
  21. Price of airline flights
  22. Questions
  23. Sources of Growth (and growth of what)
  24. Stability and speed of web browsers
  25. What affect did women entering the workforce have on house prices etc
  26. What are my top three priorities for the next five years?
  27. What evidence is there on changing patterns of community and frienship, esp as it relates to geo mobility etc?
  28. What is driving such high property prices in main urban centres
  29. What is evidence on relative efficiency of privatised vs governent run infrastructure?
  30. What is Open-Mindedness, and How Could We Assess It?
  31. What is relative burden of psychological illness vs physical illness?
  32. What is the exact situation with climate change in terms of C02, temperature and already noticeable impact?
  33. What is the role of culture in shaping being? What potential values could we have and how do these vary across cultures?
  34. What is to be done about the NHS? And healthcare generally?
  35. What tools combines spreadsheets with text (and images) i.e. csv + markdown + images
  36. What was role of fundamentalist christians in Reagan election in 1980
  37. What went wrong with public procurement?
  38. What would a *wise* educational program for children look like?
  39. Who owns telecommunications infrastructure (copper wires, satellites) and how much would it cost to build your own
  40. Why do airlines (and eurostar) do dynamic pricing but most trains and buses don't?