I feel unhappy when someone whom I trust lies to me or try to cheat me. It lingers on my mind for many weeks and my entire routine gets disrupted as a result. I need to stop trusting people blindly, but despite trying hard, I am finding it quite difficult to put in to practice. Because I don't want to antagonize anyone or make them angry.

How many rich people are not happy? May be 1% or 2%. But how many of these poor people are unhappy? The proportion will be more than 90%. I agree that happiness is not something which can be directly purchased from the supermarket. But at the same time, the things which can give you happiness (such as video games, food) can be purchased at a cost.

Even I would like to leave the gays alone. But that doesn't mean that we should cater to all of their demands. What is the need to recognize gay marriage, when most of the countries have already decriminalized homosexual activity? Homosexuality is a mental disease and the patients need treatment and compassion. They don't need recognition.

Language barrier is not that great in Japan. Some of my friends are studying there, and they have told me that most of the people know English. But still, it is better to learn Japanese in order to travel to the rural areas. And in Japan, the problem is that it is extremely difficult for the expats to learn the Japanese language, as it is very complex.

Nowadays everyone is treating Bitcoin as an investment asset. Even if you want to use Bitcoins for payment purposes, you can't do that as a result of the sky high fees. Yesterday I was trying to withdraw some coins from my Cryptopia account, and it was asking for a fee of BTC0.002. Can you believe it? A fee of $20 for a single transaction!

Well, that is the problem for the government. Bitcoin can save you from paying taxes to the government. You can hide your income and wealth in the form of crypto-currency and the government authorities will not be able to detect them. But if everyone does the same, then the country will collapse.

The government hasn't banned Bitcoins because they are not capable of doing that. In order to ban the possession of Bitcoins, they need to shut down the entire internet (even then they will not be able to confiscate the coins from Bitcoin users). That is why intelligent governments (such as those in Japan) legalized Bitcoin.

That is true with every single type of investment, right? If you purchase mutual funds or equities, then you can track them real time using the demat web interface. The same with bullion as well. Real time gold, silver and platinum prices are available from a large number of websites. So it is not unique to Bitcoin.

The biggest problem is that a lot many of these porn sites are based in the United States. There is a legal requirement for the users to prove that they are above 18 years of age. With credit cards, there is no issue as they serve as a proof of age. But if you use Bitcoins, then you may need to submit additional proof that you are above 18 years of age.

30% to 40% is a very good number, but I really doubt whether that many people know about Bitcoin. Here in India, 80% of the people haven't heard of any currency other than the Indian Rupee. 90% will not be able to answer, if you ask them what is the national currency of Japan.

I don't know. Here in India, (at least in the IT industry), having a masters is quite useless. All that matters is the institution from which you graduated and your coding/programming knowledge. Someone who doesn't even have a Bachelor's degree will be hired over someone with Master's, if he knows coding.

Oh please.. no freebies. If you give them money, then they will waste it on drugs and booze. Even if you are giving handouts of food, you need to be extra-careful about it. You need to make sure that they are not using barter to exchange the food items for booze. The best way in my opinion is to give them some work, from which they can earn money.

Setting up colonies in other planets is a very expensive process. Even if the technology advances at a rate beyond our expectation, I really doubt whether we will be able to afford more than 100 or 200 people living in the other planets. Space travel is also very expensive and one time ticket may cost the equivalent of the annual budget of some third world nations.

You are generalizing all type of drugs in to one category, when that is not the case. The hard drugs must be banned and I don't have a second opinion regarding that. Drugs such as heroin and methamphetamine are very dangerous to the body, and they are killing millions of people around the globe every year. But the same can't be said about soft drugs such as marijuana.

Weapons were initially designed for self-defense and not for killing anyone. Until the mid 20th century, no matter how superior the weapons were, the attacker was guaranteed to suffer at least some damage while fighting against someone who is defending. But things have changed, especially with the invention of ICBMs and fifth-generation jets.

The link between cancer and alcoholism hasn't been established without doubt yet. Some of the research findings support such a claim, while some others reject any such link. But the two major causes remain liver cirrhosis (wrongly given as heart cirrhosis in your post) and cardiac arrest. Nerve damage is also another serious condition, but it is rare.

But what your wife and kids will do once you die? If something happens to you all of a sudden, then they will face a sudden crunch of cash. And life insurance policies are designed to avoid any such hassle. I agree that the premiums are quite high, as on top of the company profits they have to account for commission for the agent as well. But IMO, it is worth the money.

Not "always". There are a few examples of good dictatorships out there, which did more good than harm to the people. On the other hand, there are hundreds of examples of failed democracies (Pakistan, Yemen.etc). It matters who is heading the government and which policies they are following. The type of government doesn't matter much.

Nothing is going to increase forever. But I would say that the current rally in the exchange rates is going to last another 2-3 months. Because the interest in the crypto-currency is increasing and the user base is still growing at a constant and steady pace.

My biggest fear ever since 2014 (when I first started collecting coins) is that someone would hack into my wallet and steal my coins. That was why I was seriously considering purchasing a hardware wallet. But then, it is also not 100% safe, and it exposes me to additional risks as well. If we store our coins in a hardware wallet, then they can be confiscated by the authorities.