xyzelement

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by xyzelement 2mo ago
Whether digital nomads contribute economically to local villages is a fine question. But - what is happening to Spain? It has among the lowest fertility in Europe and has only avoided collapse in population through migration form LATAM and
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As someone who pushed to raise our family in the city only to eventually end up in the suburbs, the suburbs are better for kids - which is why we move there. Amsterdam and Tokyo are lovely cities but they both suffer from extremely low fert
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Would you say that both "the kind of people they are" and "passing something on to them" are important? I feel they are. Eg if I can leave a house or a business to my kids, that's better than not. Agree raising grea
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His point is that the goal of this site is to skew the knowledge of future models, to which this is a relevant point (though.i agree not smoking gun alone)
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
This is such a tell. If you were a normal man and a father a large part of your mental space would be filled with trying creating value that could outlast you, for your family. The fact that this is so foreign to you means you that an idea
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
There's a gap there. The reason automaking is expensive in the US is labor and environmental laws whose intent is to keep Americans employed at high wage and to keep the planet green. So on one hand it's government regulation that
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
Your comment sounds like you are arguing with me but you are actually agreeing. I am not "Blaming Mexico" - I am pointing out that the policy as I described it made no sense from American perspective. You are right that the Americ
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
I have not been following the Canada thing but generally have been learning more about trade and Trump's approach seems less chaotic and random than is talked about. US's largest trading partner is Mexico. The biggest thing we imp
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
Presumably miners get a high wage to offset the negatives of the job and attract people. So to an extent you have a choice which way to go and you try to make a smart one. Personally I wouldn't have a highly hazardous job if it paid an
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
I am genuinely curious as to what you think my comment "sounds like" But I don't disagree with your first paragraph. Some well troden paths maybe bad - the trick is to know which ones. Because if you make that fall wrong you
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
We are having a conversation about smart outcomes here. The divorce rate is not a random thing. My odds of being happily married or miserable are heavily influenced by how I have worked on myself and who I chose to marry. So part of being &
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
I think you missed the point of my post. It's not either or but the totality of persuit and outcome. Neglecting family for work is not smart. Neglecting work for family is also not smart (hurts the family) Striking the right balance a
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
Thanks for sharing that. Obviously respect your choices on the individual level. The contrast you provided between those who are happy with family and those two seem miserable is in line with what I am saying: it's both 'be smart
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
I think being smart universally trumps being less smart - but the definition of smart needs to be more encompassing. For example take the stereotype of a brilliant man or woman who neglected family for career, and are forever single and chi
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
I appreciate what you are saying, I really do -- and I think there are scenarios where your second paragraph is completely applicable and true (I hired plenty other PhDs for these kinds of jobs so it's not an inherent bias) -- but in t
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
Agreed. It's like a sad state in my mind more than anything. But also an interesting prompt for reflection - if something sad happened to you due to your own decisiona, do you reflect on those decisions and learn?
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
This is so interesting as a response. I feel like any description of a problem state can be described as "condescending" or "unempathetic" or what have you, which prevents our ability to talk about and solve problems. Th
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
That's a good answer. Not the answer I got in the story.
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
Umm yes, what I did for 10 years and why is a reasonable question especially of someone on PhD level.
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He did not seem to enjoy it or find meaning in it. Something could be valuable despite being "useless" but not in this case.
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
I have a horrid memory of interviewing "a kid" for an entry level engineering job during on-campus recruitment. The "kid" had just finished his PhD in chemistry following a master's and bachelor's in the same f
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
I agree that this is true for you and probably even for me. But think about normal human conversation - when a friend tells me they are going to buy a rav-4 that weekend,I am 100% going to tell that then I had a rental CX-50 last week and w
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
Yup. And would you agree that being sufficiently "indoctrinated" into the right thinking by your own parents and grandparents is the only way through?
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I was thinking lately how lucky I am to have gotten good guidance from my parents and grandparents that oriented me well to life and work. I think this is / used to be more commonly understood or maybe just seems that way. Ambition and
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I don't love (but use...) Amazon but I think if done properly, ads can be relevant even when searching for a specific thing. Let's use a Google Example: I search for Toyota RAV4 and get an ad for Mazda cx-50. Obviously Toyota hate
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
I agree actually. I understand the use of "we" to mean an achievement of humanity (like: we've been to the moon) but I find that often "we" is a substitute for "someone not me" - as in "we should make
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
We don't want your data if you are getting off on it.
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Family, community, religion are pretty timeless and universal.
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Perhaps this is the kind of flag that gets someone to stop driving.
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by xyzelement 2mo ago
Click the link above. It was an 85 year old French man. Seems like overall confusion.

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