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I'll remind Venezuela.

Yes, if you ignore age-related issues, there are no age-related issues. There is also a range of increased risk (in terms of morbidity and mortality) for the mothers starting around age 35.

I'm not sure I agree. It seems to me that the concentration of a dissolved chemical substance, or the strength of a magnetic field - or indeed the density of a material - has a physical meaning, regardless of what volume one considers.

Bitcoin is just the latest IT fad, followed by a handful of nerdy and greedy people. It already looks doomed, because of its absurd energy consumption, cf. the recent reverse ferret by Elon Musk (now that he has made a tidy profit, no doubt). If Bitcoin doesn't fix this, it will get shut down. By governments. Human society has lots of ways of preventing runaway exponentials. Population growth is another. All the indications are it will stabilise, because as people get more prosperous they delay having children and want to focus more attention on a small number of them. More and more countries are now worrying about ageing or even falling populations, China included. Climate change and pollution are far more pressing concerns than bloody bitcoin*. * Once memorably described by Warren Buffet as "rat poison, squared".

I would rather take the lesson from Calhoun's experiment: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

To clarify, you're saying so many Muslims are poor because they don't follow the basics of Islam closely enough? What basic parts are not being followed that would make these countries, in general, more wealthy if they were followed?

What money does When one uses money to do something, the usage of money reduces the time and effort one has to spend to do this something, because if you REALLY think otherwise… When one uses money to do something, the usage of money doesn’t reduce the time and effort one has to spend to do this something, but if you think this is REALLY ok for you… If in the end, when one uses money to do something, the usage of money doesn’t reduce the time and effort one has to spend to do something, it doesn’t seem to me one knows how to use money…does it seem to you…idiot? Who is good at making money When one is good at making money, one is good at making money again and again, because if you REALLY think otherwise… When one is good at making money, one is not good at making money again and again, but if you think this is REALLY ok for you… If in the end, when one is good at making money, one is not good at making money again and again, it doesn’t seem to me that the rest around one think one is good at making money…does it seem to you…idiot? Who is an economist When one is an economist, one knows what money does, and who is good at making it, because if you REALLY think otherwise… When one is an economist, one doesn’t know what money does, or doesn’t know who is good at making it, but if you think this is REALLY ok for you… If in the end, when one is an economist, one doesn’t know what money does, or doesn’t know who is good at making it, it doesn’t seem to me that when the economy isn’t working we all don’t know why that is…does it seem to you…idiot?