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Somewhat ironic that this is being posted on Hackernews, where if I had to guess the average salary for millennials here is 3X the national average. Seems most

Somewhat ironic that this is being posted on Hackernews, where if I had to guess the average salary for millennials here is 3X the national average. Seems most of us here already found the answer: learn something about the fastest growing sector of the economy and participate in the future instead of lamenting the present. If you're waiting for government action to create a better distribution of wealth in the only developed country where poor people actually vote against a public safety net you're going to be disappointed. It's just not going to happen politically in the US for decades so your only option is to play ball in the system as it is now and vote in the meantime.

nothrabannosir 8y ago
> Seems most of us here already found the answer: learn something about the fastest growing sector of the economy and participate in the future instead of lamenting the present. That's so callous. Would you say the same if computers had turned out a dud, a fringe curiosity nothing more? If the fastest growing sector of the economy had instead turned out to be MMA cage fighting? Or perhaps you're physically inclined; imagine whatever it is you would be vigourously annoyed doing. Cobra wrestling. No-chute skydiving with plane re-entry. I really wonder about those parallel universes. About what the parallel you would have said, there, to the elite in their cobra wrestling ivory tower, lamenting those lazy plebs. They should just man up and start hitting the serpentine goldmine! Or was it, like, a reverse psychology point, where precisely by explicitly pointing out the absurdity of the only solution, you realise just how untenable our current predicament is?
- pembrook 8y ago
  If the fastest growing sector of our economy was cobra wrestling, I would be telling everybody that the solution to their economic woes would be to get involved in cobra wrestling. It's not callous, it's pretty simple logic. Complaining that you don't like how everything is changing into Cobra wrestling won't change the fact that it's happening. Even if you're physically not suited to cobra wrestling, there would many many tertiary jobs and functions needed to support that growing sector you could enter. Cobra wrestling promoter. Cobra wrestling trainer. Cobra wrestling gym manager. Cobra wrestling photographer. Cobra wrestling filmographer. Cobra wrestling transport. What would be your better solution for people? Try to get government to artificially support the no-longer needed computer workers so they can still pretend they make money from working on computers?
  - anonymous5133 8y ago
    I completely agree with what you are saying. People like to live in this world thinking that only government can solve problems but the truth is most change has come from a few visionaries who decided it was time for change and worked diligently to make it happen. You want free universal Healthcare? Build a system that does that. Free university? Build it. Solution to global warming? Solve it by inventing new technology. Be the change you want to see in the world and dont let anyone tell you that you cant do it because history is filled with the tales of those who have done what was once thought of as impossible.
anonymous5133 8y ago
Honestly i would say that is true. People on hn seem to be very smart, much smarter than the average person by far. I would also not be surprised if most people here worked in tech making 100k+.

nothrabannosir 8y ago

> Seems most of us here already found the answer: learn something about the fastest growing sector of the economy and participate in the future instead of lamenting the present. That's so callous. Would you say the same if computers had turned out a dud, a fringe curiosity nothing more? If the fastest growing sector of the economy had instead turned out to be MMA cage fighting? Or perhaps you're physically inclined; imagine whatever it is you would be vigourously annoyed doing. Cobra wrestling. No-chute skydiving with plane re-entry. I really wonder about those parallel universes. About what the parallel you would have said, there, to the elite in their cobra wrestling ivory tower, lamenting those lazy plebs. They should just man up and start hitting the serpentine goldmine! Or was it, like, a reverse psychology point, where precisely by explicitly pointing out the absurdity of the only solution, you realise just how untenable our current predicament is?

pembrook 8y ago
If the fastest growing sector of our economy was cobra wrestling, I would be telling everybody that the solution to their economic woes would be to get involved in cobra wrestling. It's not callous, it's pretty simple logic. Complaining that you don't like how everything is changing into Cobra wrestling won't change the fact that it's happening. Even if you're physically not suited to cobra wrestling, there would many many tertiary jobs and functions needed to support that growing sector you could enter. Cobra wrestling promoter. Cobra wrestling trainer. Cobra wrestling gym manager. Cobra wrestling photographer. Cobra wrestling filmographer. Cobra wrestling transport. What would be your better solution for people? Try to get government to artificially support the no-longer needed computer workers so they can still pretend they make money from working on computers?
- anonymous5133 8y ago
  I completely agree with what you are saying. People like to live in this world thinking that only government can solve problems but the truth is most change has come from a few visionaries who decided it was time for change and worked diligently to make it happen. You want free universal Healthcare? Build a system that does that. Free university? Build it. Solution to global warming? Solve it by inventing new technology. Be the change you want to see in the world and dont let anyone tell you that you cant do it because history is filled with the tales of those who have done what was once thought of as impossible.

anonymous5133 8y ago

Honestly i would say that is true. People on hn seem to be very smart, much smarter than the average person by far. I would also not be surprised if most people here worked in tech making 100k+.