IllusoryReverb

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   by IllusoryReverb 7y ago

   Anecdote from third world country here. Friend works in 'IT security company', told me banks are the worst here. One bank had guys in the IT department work for a couple of months then quit, one after the other, apparetly after h
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   China’s Entrepreneurs Are Wary of Its Future(nytimes.com)

   4 points by IllusoryReverb 8y ago|0 comments
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   by IllusoryReverb 8y ago

   Thanks for the link to the essay. It captures the struggle I alluded to in my comment rather well. I find like my mind is resistant to actually going ahead and helping, the aforementioned excuses rear their head and the justifications come
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   by IllusoryReverb 8y ago

   I have had the sense that guilt plays a part in dissatisfaction with wealth, whether consciously or subconsciously. The way the economic system is set up, a person can only have money, wealth at the expense of others. I only have what I hav
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   Toys R Us and Problems with Private Equity(nytimes.com)

   1 points by IllusoryReverb 9y ago|0 comments
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   by IllusoryReverb 10y ago

   I am not certain the author of the article has identified the true cause/root of the problem. To me, the need to be needed is certainly important, but, I do not think that that need is the true cause of the anxiety described in the art
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   by IllusoryReverb 11y ago

   If these allegations are true, then I find it hard to imagine a fair and just society arising in these countries. It would appear to me that autocratic governments are being given additional tools to retain power and more control over young
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   by IllusoryReverb 11y ago

   Making an anecdotal contribution. Kenyan here. I have observed that white people are given preferential treatment and have (strangely) experienced racism against black people in my own country. I have, more than once heard people, mostly un