Well, I guess it's like most any action - depends on the motive. The tactic of doing something small for someone to set up a feeling of "owing", then reaping with something large, is a very well

Of course, taking advantage of reciprocation is one of the most powerful forms of manipulation, as described in Robert Caldini's great "self-defense" book "Influence".

Both - it switched direction pretty regularly for me.

Well, I predicted him winning in March (or so) 2016.

Yep, back in the day, we used psychedelics to stimulate those dopamine receptors. Much less manipulable! "Now if you're tired or a bit run down, Can't seem to getcha feet off the ground, Maybe you

That pretty much matched my sentiments at the time!

Thanks, Manuel. I like that idea of one-time setup. Otherwise have been happy with the free version. I'll probably pop for the first rung.

If I had some spare money, I'd be buying today!

Ah yes, "The Epic of Chilliwack"! I remember that story well!

As a Buddhist friend of mine says, "You can't ever get all your ducks lined up - reality doesn't work that way"!

Gotta start by talking to them "where they live", so to speak. And we live in a very materialistic world, at least here in the US. So here we start with de-reifying "money"...

I guess that makes 66 the new 26! ;-)

How would you use this with blocktrade/steemit? Doesn't appear to be any way to export data for import into cointracking.

Your comment about Haskell and OCaml is interesting. There is a company called BlockApps that is developing and now fielding a system with a simplified scripting language for smart contracts for Etherium,

Thanks!

Here's another approach explaining where they come from, though that might not be obvious when you first start reading it:

Just don't underestimate the power of entities to continue being what they've been. Persons, cultures, etc. Sometimes it can be very shocking how new material is bent to preserve the old beliefs, thought

Yes, this is a very interesting departure.

What about curators with incisive comments? It's a different personality type than the article writers, but still adds to the overall experience. And I agree about dropping the bots.

Problem is, I have colleagues say to me: that concern is orthogonal to the problem we're trying to solve. And yes, analytical separation of concerns works - but only to a certain extent. A lot of the issues