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I'll set the over/under date at 2037 for full project completion

Yes, maybe the reason we “don’t know it” is because our neighbors are in similar positions to us.

We might be better at recognizing how good we have it if all our friends were 14th century peasants.

that’s a cool layout, i’ve never used a split keyboard before

fair enough, sounds like it’s not the right product for you

Yeah there are lots of free education options, but this has been true on the internet for at least a decade now.

I think of Duolingo as the easiest way to learn new stuff. They make it fun, they know what will get you to stick around, and I think that’s their moat.

The size of the education market being dramatically underestimated because historically it was paid for via our taxes.

Americans spend $10k+/student/year for pretty bad education outcomes.

What do Americans spend on Apple products? $1k/year?

How much revenue do Americans generate for FB/Google? Probably a combined $600-$800/year

Nice, didn’t know about their early course sourcing efforts

Yeah I think most people still think of them as a gimmick. I think they’re going to be a $1T company one day.

No new territories created either? Nunavut was only 25 years ago

Nice, they’re a super under-appreciated company. Luis is also a world-class innovator, I believe he invented captchas and was a pioneer in internet crowdfunding.

I think you’re right - the first time Quebec voted to leave Canada was 1980

Canada almost lost a province in 1980 and 1995, and they did create a new territory in 1999.

Well there are a few ways this assumption could fall apart.

The obvious one is a direct takeover, which seems unlikely.

The next level version of a takeover is if the US simply said “All Canadians who meet some basic economic criteria are welcome to immigrate to the US”. It would be a more aggressive form of the brain drain which has been plaguing Canada for years now. This would hamstring the Canadian economy to the point where a direct takeover becomes more likely.

A third option is if a province like Quebec, which has tried to leave Canada twice before (their 1995 vote was decided 50.6% in favor of staying, 49.4% in favor of leaving), were to vote to leave the country. They wouldn’t necessarily join the US, they’d likely become their own distinct country.

Alberta is in the strongest economic position today, so they could in theory try something similar.