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A few lessons here re the blog post being referred to: 1. The title "professor" does not confer knowledge, intelligence or wisdom. 2. Know that your online au

A few lessons here re the blog post being referred to: 1. The title "professor" does not confer knowledge, intelligence or wisdom. 2. Know that your online audience is diverse even if your regular readers aren't. 3. If you're in a prominent non-activist position, avoid discussing politics, religion or sex. 4. Never disclose details about your personal life, especially financials, unless you've thought it through and had a trusted and objective friend to review your post. 5. Be careful about making yourself the subject of a blog entry. It's tough to avoid coming off as narcissistic. And the obvious cliche: Write your emails and blog entries as if they're going to be published on the front page of a very popular newspaper that holds opposing views to yours.

atomical 16y ago
Look at the whole picture. As this man's salary grew he started to add services and dependents and a wife and a lot of other things to his budget. He basically has reached a point where it is unsustainable but now he has convinced himself that he is in a hardship. Not so different from the general public that believes owning a home, having three or four kids, and driving new cars is a right.
- btmorex 16y ago
  Everyone spends more as they make more money. It's pretty much human nature. The difference is that most people keep some bearing on reality and realize that they have it better than almost anyone else in the world (speaking of wealthy Americans here). They can also probably imagine cutting some stuff out if need be without blogging "woe is me".
  - berntb 16y ago
    That is a point. But with today's blogging, you'll find idiots at all salaries/educations having any possible stupid opinion you can imagine. And you'll find some other idiot with moral outrage flaming him, for eyeballs... Here, that might be needed and motivated. But it is a bit boring. What was that US expression? "Move along, people. Nothing to see here". Edit: Grammar.
  - loewenskind 16y ago
    >(speaking of wealthy Americans here) You mean wealthy citizens of first world countries, right?
ZachPruckowski 16y ago
6. Before commenting on a hot topic, at least familiarize yourself with the basic. Like how the marginal income tax works. You don't have to be an expert, but at least skim the wikipedia page. 7. Avoid bold, unambiguous statements that are easily checkable, unless you've triple-checked them. It's trivial to map taxable income and what a tax plan will cost you, and saying "this policy will cost me $10,000" is pretty bold and unambiguous.

atomical 16y ago

Look at the whole picture. As this man's salary grew he started to add services and dependents and a wife and a lot of other things to his budget. He basically has reached a point where it is unsustainable but now he has convinced himself that he is in a hardship. Not so different from the general public that believes owning a home, having three or four kids, and driving new cars is a right.

btmorex 16y ago
Everyone spends more as they make more money. It's pretty much human nature. The difference is that most people keep some bearing on reality and realize that they have it better than almost anyone else in the world (speaking of wealthy Americans here). They can also probably imagine cutting some stuff out if need be without blogging "woe is me".
- berntb 16y ago
  That is a point. But with today's blogging, you'll find idiots at all salaries/educations having any possible stupid opinion you can imagine. And you'll find some other idiot with moral outrage flaming him, for eyeballs... Here, that might be needed and motivated. But it is a bit boring. What was that US expression? "Move along, people. Nothing to see here". Edit: Grammar.
- loewenskind 16y ago
  >(speaking of wealthy Americans here) You mean wealthy citizens of first world countries, right?

ZachPruckowski 16y ago

6. Before commenting on a hot topic, at least familiarize yourself with the basic. Like how the marginal income tax works. You don't have to be an expert, but at least skim the wikipedia page. 7. Avoid bold, unambiguous statements that are easily checkable, unless you've triple-checked them. It's trivial to map taxable income and what a tax plan will cost you, and saying "this policy will cost me $10,000" is pretty bold and unambiguous.