nine_zeros

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2011.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
Wow, 330 million cannot work today. I would recommend finding out how many adult individuals are there in the labor force. Do the same for EU. You'll soon realize there just aren't enough to support so many industries. I can speak
2012.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
I think you massively underestimate the training required to become "good" doctors, lawyers, engineers, finance people, political scientists, professors etc. Folks specializing in these areas aren't really interchangeable. T
2013.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
I hear you! But let's engage in a conversation. Would you rather believe in your own mental model of supply/demand or would you rather look at what happened in the real world? There are really only 3 places in the world with boomi
2014.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
I can assure you no educated immigrant wants to live uninsured in the US.
2015.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
I mean entire ecosystems that forms "industry". I also mean entire marketplaces, solutions and systems that the US tech industry is now having to copy from somewhere else.
2016.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
I've always thought silicon valley was almost perfect Mediterranean weather. I only feel super hot 1 week a year and super cold maybe 3 weeks a year.
2017.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
Very true. Many countries are on their way to developing entire industries around tech. This was previously only exclusive to US, maybe Japan. Some of those countries are attracting previously unheard-of talent and subsequent funding from t
2018.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
I don't understand why they think more education (especially college loan debt saddled ones) are the solution. We need to accept that not everyone can be rich. Rich is relative and by definition, for someone to be rich, others must be
2019.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
Hey, the fed's giving free money. Why wouldn't execs do this? Imagine being at the top of a public company, with unlimited borrowing ability and retirement in a few years. Why wouldn't they?
2020.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
>My parents are like that.. my mom even moved to live close to one of my siblings and the grandchildren.. but complains every single time she has to watch them because it takes up her valuable retired time... ok. That can't be serio
2021.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
How about going to Asian style societies where the caregivers are grandparents or older people? Most people close to retirement (or already retired) don't need as much money since medicare already takes care of them.
2022.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
Realpolitik. Since we enforce the standards of realpolitik, we should accept that Iran and North Korea will develop nukes. A real threat is the only way America listens. Unfortunate but America could've been the Dark knight. Instead, w
2023.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
For a lot of us, the only undesirable aspect of SF bay area would be rent and housing costs. Everything else in the area is of the highest quality. SF bay area scores high on weather, food, pollution, average quality of schools, average qua
2024.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
Serious question I understand how micro-finance helps small scale borrowers at a micro level and boosts the economy at a macro level. What I don't understand is what drives so many consumers into micro-borrowing for basic consumer-leve
2025.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
Bureaucracy piled on top of more bureaucracy. They could've made the whole process simple, clear and precise. But no. Let's harass employees, businesses and families. The fact that even the most basic questions can't be answe
2026.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
A lot of this also appears to be visible in the northeast. Entire towns greying so rapidly that it's hard to find any services at all already. I wonder what will happen with so many houses being dumped on the market.
2027.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
The colonizers now begging to become a small colony. This is one for the history books.
2028.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
But the rest of the world (larger than the US) might just want a cheap deal with companies from business friendly countries?
2029.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
I'm not sure wtf they were expecting when they did QE, and kept it running for so long. It's literally cause and effect.
2030.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
Good point. Why is everyone so unhappy when the economy is supposedly doing sooo well.
2031.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
The America of WW2 was very different from America of today. Today, America is the thug that everyone wants to replace.
2032.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
Great work. Let over politicized countries fight each other while the rest of the world moves ahead. >“The Chinese Communist Party is trying to circumvent our export control system to support national security threats like Huawei - we ca
2033.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
There is definitely ageism but thats because younger unqualified employees are asked to evaluate older candidates. Younger employees (especially single ones) are usually subconsciously also looking for buddies to have fun with. Which elimin
2034.
by nine_zeros 7y ago
I think typical economists like to think of the world as a perfectly rational system. They look at the world from the lens of some bullshit econ 101 nonsense. Extraordinary economists figure out that reality is super complicated, often unco