chilaxe

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I was raised in a far-left family and culture. May all doors open to you :)

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longde says...

Happy Chinese New Year.

I vehemently disagree with your stance, but you have been nothing but civil in laying it out when asked. So, screw people if they are upset by other viewpoints.

BoneRemake says...

Well when pretty much all policy gets dictated by what Manitoba and Ontario and Quebec want. I say fuck'em !

fuck'em hard.

The way we devise representation in this country is pathetic. Based on gross population not square footage. BULL PUCKY.

blankfist jokingly says...

Quiet! You're interfering with our class warfare!

In reply to this comment by chilaxe:
Did the researchers consider the counter-argument to their speculation before publishing it? Did they bother to ask rich people for their perspective?

Poor factory workers don't interact with a lot of people in their job, but many well-off careerists jobs are almost entirely managing relationships... managing team members, managing advisers and mentors, selling clients, making a good impression at industry events, etc.

I'd say more likely than that they're 'not dependent on relationships with others' would be that well-off people have trained their minds to focus on solving problems, closing deals, and ignoring extraneous stimuli.

gorillaman says...

>> ^chilaxe:

What kinds of problems do we solve in life outside of career? However we would describe those problems, they're all simplistic compared to solving complex professional problems, like writing a 30 page technical specifications document for an innovative product that's going to make people's lives better, or planning and executing a business strategy to outcompete our undeserving competitors.
In my experience, people who don't invest themselves in their professional lives are boring to talk to because their not really engaged with the world and they're not meaningfully challenged by life so they don't develop their human potential.


These challenges are typically a distraction from our personal goals. It's axiomatic that if you spend all your time concentrating on professional expertise then you'll be less developed in other areas. My choice has been not to spend years on something that's just going to handicap me.

Advancing political philosophy makes people's lives better too. An idle lifestyle is necessary to that study in particular, but beneficial to intellectual growth generally.

chilaxe says...

What kinds of problems do we solve in life outside of career? However we would describe those problems, they're all simplistic compared to solving complex professional problems, like writing a 30 page technical specifications document for an innovative product that's going to make people's lives better, or planning and executing a business strategy to outcompete our undeserving competitors.

In my experience, people who don't invest themselves in their professional lives are boring to talk to because their not really engaged with the world and they're not meaningfully challenged by life so they don't develop their human potential.
>> ^gorillaman:

There's far too little time in life to spend it on a career. When you're working you're not thinking.
I'm practically teetotal, in fact. I use drugs recreationally no more than once or twice a year. When I talk about pro-lifers instead of cops do you picture me laying around having abortions all the time?
In reply to this comment by chilaxe:

Expand your intellectual horizons
Where I live, in Silicon Valley, we work round the clock because we're doing good things for the world, getting excellent compensation in proportion to our contribution, and there are never enough talented 21st century workers to fill the job openings.
There's far too little time in life to do drugs or wish there was less law enforcement / more street crime.


gorillaman says...

There's far too little time in life to spend it on a career. When you're working you're not thinking.

I'm practically teetotal, in fact. I use drugs recreationally no more than once or twice a year. When I talk about pro-lifers instead of cops do you picture me laying around having abortions all the time?
In reply to this comment by chilaxe:

Expand your intellectual horizons

Where I live, in Silicon Valley, we work round the clock because we're doing good things for the world, getting excellent compensation in proportion to our contribution, and there are never enough talented 21st century workers to fill the job openings.

There's far too little time in life to do drugs or wish there was less law enforcement / more street crime.

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