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We're not yeeting $11B USD into a Lagrange halo orbit. It's funding STEM jobs. Yes we should have UBI but like, that doesn't meant we can't do science at the s

by kortex 5y ago

We're not yeeting $11B USD into a Lagrange halo orbit. It's funding STEM jobs. Yes we should have UBI but like, that doesn't meant we can't do science at the same time. Maybe look to the MIC to cut first.

podgaj 5y ago
Who gets STEM jobs? The already wealthy kids of wealthy parents. Yes, cut the MIC budget, but this is part of that budget, kind of, since "Northrop Grumman Fully Assembles NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope" https://militarycouncil.ca.gov/2019/09/19/northrop-grumman-fully-assembles-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope/ https://militarycouncil.ca.gov/2019/09/19/northrop-grumman-f...
- BitwiseFool 5y ago
  >"Who gets STEM jobs? The already wealthy kids of wealthy parents." I believe this is cynically reductive. I worked with plenty of first-generation college students when we studied engineering. All were on scholarships. I think we should be weary of associating STEM with privilege.
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  it is hard for me to respond to this sentiment, it’s so dismissive of an entire industry even giving credence to this hypothesis that STEM is a rich kids’ sport, should we let the talent go to waste and give rich kids nothing to work on? I suppose you would say we should apply everyone’s intelligence to solving the bureaucratic problem of how california spends its welfare budget, but it may surprise you that that does not inspire passion in many young people. Space exploration does, and if we have an economy where certain kids get private tutors their whole lives so they someday build telescopes that literally take photographs of the edge of the universe, I think that’s something we can celebrate even if it doesn’t solve literally every problem.
- cogman10 5y ago
  Is the US government known for being generous with STEM pay? I was of the impression that most people take a pay cut working for the gov. Now defense contractors, that's where the big bucks are.
- mhh__ 5y ago
  I get the point, but STEM has been my route (so far, hopefully not ending any time soon) my ticket to leapfrogging those rich kids you mention, so don't judge too quickly.

by kortex 5y ago

podgaj 5y ago

Who gets STEM jobs? The already wealthy kids of wealthy parents. Yes, cut the MIC budget, but this is part of that budget, kind of, since "Northrop Grumman Fully Assembles NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope" https://militarycouncil.ca.gov/2019/09/19/northrop-grumman-fully-assembles-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope/ https://militarycouncil.ca.gov/2019/09/19/northrop-grumman-f...

BitwiseFool 5y ago
>"Who gets STEM jobs? The already wealthy kids of wealthy parents." I believe this is cynically reductive. I worked with plenty of first-generation college students when we studied engineering. All were on scholarships. I think we should be weary of associating STEM with privilege.
jazzyjackson 5y ago
it is hard for me to respond to this sentiment, it’s so dismissive of an entire industry even giving credence to this hypothesis that STEM is a rich kids’ sport, should we let the talent go to waste and give rich kids nothing to work on? I suppose you would say we should apply everyone’s intelligence to solving the bureaucratic problem of how california spends its welfare budget, but it may surprise you that that does not inspire passion in many young people. Space exploration does, and if we have an economy where certain kids get private tutors their whole lives so they someday build telescopes that literally take photographs of the edge of the universe, I think that’s something we can celebrate even if it doesn’t solve literally every problem.
cogman10 5y ago
Is the US government known for being generous with STEM pay? I was of the impression that most people take a pay cut working for the gov. Now defense contractors, that's where the big bucks are.
mhh__ 5y ago
I get the point, but STEM has been my route (so far, hopefully not ending any time soon) my ticket to leapfrogging those rich kids you mention, so don't judge too quickly.