So this has me wondering, I've heard about people having their cremated remains condensed into a diamond. How much carbon can be extracted from a pile of cow dung? It might be possible to form an artificial diamond from actual bullshit.
There are even more previous discussions than that. The Priceonomics article is just a rehash of an Atlantic article from 1982, with a modern spin on it. Over a third of the Priceonomics article is just quotes from 1982 original. The original is a far better article overall, but no one has time to read longform these days hence why the rehash is popular.
Buying the engagement ring can be just the tip of the iceberg - the disappointing monetary ROIs when you start a family. You get different kinds of payoffs however.
Previous previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6331565
Previous previous previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5403988
Or consider this followup: "Everything is Bullshit": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7945256
So this has me wondering, I've heard about people having their cremated remains condensed into a diamond. How much carbon can be extracted from a pile of cow dung? It might be possible to form an artificial diamond from actual bullshit.