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by cen4 2y ago
Billionaire bosses are all surrounded by opportunists and flatterers. Over time like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch the size of this group grows to unmanageable dimensions, cause anyone acting moderately sane will be treated as an existent
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The US fiscal mess: Some unpleasant fiscal simulations(cepr.org)
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Well GFC 2007-08 caused emissions to drop more than anything any corporation or govt did since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997. So AI or whatever other bubble, the bubble engineers on Wall St have in the pipeline might just do it.
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So many reasons - 1. Financialization of the Economy - finance dominates all other sectors of the economy - people who already have cash make better returns via the stock market, real estate, insurance, lending it out etc. So Old rich peopl
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Most importantly all this tech is not reducing cost of living, but is increasing it. Tech is reducing prices of compute and memory and software but everyone's monthly bill increases. This is only possible through parasitic behavior. An
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Michael Crichton didn't write Jurassic Park just to talk about dinosaurs. He wrote it as a reaction to constantly seeing Men building unsustainable worlds, they had no hope of controlling, being told so by experts, and building them an
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Women have been framing marriage as a work contract from the 60s, world wide, since they don't get paid anywhere close to what men get paid, just like the barista and the ceo. As more of them have paths to exit this contract, they will
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by cen4 2y ago
That is currently when Netflix hype has faded. But during peak Netflix hype before they had to bring in ad tier world wide the numbers never crossed 250 mil. It's feels like a rough guess of how many globally have disposable income.
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Since Netflix is maxing out on paying subscribers world wide, looks like less than 250 million have a few bucks to spare. So currently it feels like connecting everyone (atleast on the Western Internet model) is only possible through - 1. A
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Those who can escape the construct will do so. The number of routes available have increased thanks to globalization. You are not being imaginative enough. Look at people who don't have opportunities in their countries. Do they sit the
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Domesticated animals are also housed and taken care off very well. Their appearance is beautiful and they are very grateful to their masters. The circus lion is bred and trained from birth not ask too many questions. But once you give the c
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Thanks!
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Nature of things is always changing. Once upon a time the King or Land Lord or Factory owner handed off all the shares to the eldest son. Doesn't happen anymore. Also remember Bezos and Gates had to hand over a chunk of their wealth on
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Are there sites like HN out of EU covering EU related news?
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Now please use the barista argument on what house wives should be paid.
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Cipolla Matrix can help - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cipolla-matrix.svg
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Thanks to globalization people have more choice in the environments they live in and change environments with much more ease than in the past. While talking about relationships the focus naturally goes to individuals, it should be recognize
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Cause their founders are already Billionaires. Can you imagine Billionaires reporting to the average corporate robot at large corp?
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There are ways to get in the door even if you don't have credentials. Who you are surrounded by and interact with day in day out, can drastically change whatever trajectory you are on. So if you spot interesting people. Reach out and f
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by cen4 2y ago
Don't chase "numbers". Chase people. Find people who are doing something that excites you (or overlaps with your interests), and find ways to connect. Such people will lift you up in ways numbers never will.
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Not just dropping sales but loosing market share. Chinese are kicking ass. No Elon was required.
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Read Pareto's Circulation of the Elites and Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class. All possible behavior of the Ruling and Non-Ruling Elites is covered. "Tech" Elites aren't doing anything different from what Elites
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by cen4 2y ago
Just worth pointing out, exactly 100 years ago, they didn't think Jews could integrate into the America - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924
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Its a messy process cause no one has/gets time to come up with something more imaginative (ironic I know cause this is supposed to be a creative class). Thanks to globalization, ever changing regional differences in interest rates, cor
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The emergence of Companies in society wasn't to make the world better but to conduct business more efficiently. Sometimes there is alignment between those 2 things. Sometimes there is not. Since they aren't designed for it, don&#x
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Cuz when things need tweaking or break, there is usually no one to call. FOSS solutions are fine when there is some internal evangelist or team pushing it and are willing to support and maintain things (which over time usually comes out of
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Surfacing New information, especially via cultivating networks is a good recommendation. This is what makes Journos stand out too, in an age of Content Surplus. Also worth pointing out that Writers (& content creators of any kind) have
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Doesn't matter what testing exists. More scale. More complexity. More Bugs. Its like building a gigantic factory farm. And then realizing that environment itself is the birthing chamber and breeding ground of superbugs with the capacit
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Jeremy Clarksons new venture exposes the demise of the great British pub(telegraph.co.uk)
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The stage is set for a defense tech revolution(calcalistech.com)
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