Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015

Gondolinian

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If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

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It seems like the business model of charging individuals prices that are that high just doesn't work for a startup without a proven brand.

Datapoint:

The only exposure I have had to metamed was Yudkowsky saying he spent X dollars on it to get advice to take melatonin microdoses hours before going to bed. When i saw the dollar amount I burst out laughing because I had literally a week earlier come to the same conclusion using google scholar searches at the library in my quest to normalize my own sleep schedule (though my problem wound up having a very different solution in the end).