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> The cognitive dissonance and total denial is off the charts with telecom and tech leaders who don't realize (or care) that their massive growth has played a l

> The cognitive dissonance and total denial is off the charts with telecom and tech leaders who don't realize (or care) that their massive growth has played a large role in global civil unrest. I wouldn't leave out leaders in other industries as well: finance, energy, etc… TBTF/ TBTJ policies can incentivize this type of stuff as all other options to date seem to cause no effective changes.

meekmockmook 6y ago
100 percent true. No shortage of blame to go around and this is certainly not new either. We've just accelerated very fast during a year of deep suffering and this kind of thing is inevitable, sadly. I'm a firm believer in wielding antitrust law to break the biggest corpos up, no matter the sector.
- cinquemb 6y ago
  > I'm a firm believer in wielding antitrust law to break the biggest corpos up, no matter the sector. I'm a firm believer that no amount of legislation will change the direction of the ship we're on… k street wont have it any other way…
  - meekmockmook 6y ago
    Heh. Maybe I should start looking at property in Costa Rica or Finland or somewhere just totally away from it all.
    - cinquemb 6y ago
      I left the US 5 years ago… I think the US will be ground zero for this "Innovation" (although proof of concepts have been deployed in the ME for years, tech cheaper now for more people to use for their own ends)… :P I don't think anywhere is completely safe, but I do think some places have less likelihood of such happening due to the backdrop not skewing incentives as much in those places for such to happen, but everywhere is connected…
      - meekmockmook 6y ago
        Where did you end up? And did you feel your quality of life improve?
        cinquemb 6y ago
        > Where did you end up? Multiple places (Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Seychelles, Malaysia, Japan) but Indonesia for now, but I've been working remotely for about as long (a little bit longer) as well over multiple jobs. > And did you feel your quality of life improve? Compared to my COL in Boston (and midwest and other places in NE/NYC before that) and what I'm getting now? Yes

meekmockmook 6y ago

100 percent true. No shortage of blame to go around and this is certainly not new either. We've just accelerated very fast during a year of deep suffering and this kind of thing is inevitable, sadly. I'm a firm believer in wielding antitrust law to break the biggest corpos up, no matter the sector.

cinquemb 6y ago
> I'm a firm believer in wielding antitrust law to break the biggest corpos up, no matter the sector. I'm a firm believer that no amount of legislation will change the direction of the ship we're on… k street wont have it any other way…
- meekmockmook 6y ago
  Heh. Maybe I should start looking at property in Costa Rica or Finland or somewhere just totally away from it all.
  - cinquemb 6y ago
    I left the US 5 years ago… I think the US will be ground zero for this "Innovation" (although proof of concepts have been deployed in the ME for years, tech cheaper now for more people to use for their own ends)… :P I don't think anywhere is completely safe, but I do think some places have less likelihood of such happening due to the backdrop not skewing incentives as much in those places for such to happen, but everywhere is connected…
    - meekmockmook 6y ago
      Where did you end up? And did you feel your quality of life improve?
      - cinquemb 6y ago
        > Where did you end up? Multiple places (Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Seychelles, Malaysia, Japan) but Indonesia for now, but I've been working remotely for about as long (a little bit longer) as well over multiple jobs. > And did you feel your quality of life improve? Compared to my COL in Boston (and midwest and other places in NE/NYC before that) and what I'm getting now? Yes