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solenoidalslide commented on Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups   science.org/doi/10.1126/s... · Posted by u/geox
assttoasstmgr · 3 years ago
Anyone else notice the whole 's/equality/equity/' change that was broadly yet quietly slipped into mainstream society a couple years ago thinking that no one would notice? We somehow memory holed equality of opportunity and replaced it with equality of outcomes (equity) nearly overnight, with all media and corporate communications switching over their newspeak lexicon in unison. What's most interesting about the whole "equity" argument is the groupthink around the official list of who is and isn't marginalized, because my wholly unscientific observation is there is quite an understated effort to exclude East Asians and Indians from the equity club. My guess is their cultures have been deemed "too successful" or exhibiting characteristics (such as emphasis on education and family) contrary to the goals of this social engineering. Stuff like this is what stokes division in society and unfortunately I don't see this ending well.
solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
If you are referring to the US, it's more because of the proportional treatment of indigenous, Hispanic, and black people by the government, historically speaking. Not because a particular group is too successful.

For example, if you read about the history of the Trail of Tears and slavery, those were long-term instances of oppression to specific groups. Not that Indians or East Asians haven't had periods of poor treatment, but the government had a hand in making it almost impossible for the aforementioned groups to accumulate wealth or property in America over the centuries.

If you look at the reason why Title IX exists, it is not because "men are too successful", if that makes sense.

solenoidalslide commented on Wealthy Americans are buying second passports as a 'plan B'   businessinsider.com/wealt... · Posted by u/resonious
DeathArrow · 3 years ago
>He said his US clients often work in tech, real estate, or crypto, and are worth between $50 million and $20 billion.

>The one thing they all have in common: deep-rooted fear about the future of American society, he said.

That tells a lot about the changes that happened in the American society in the recent years.

I wonder if they also try to fight against those changes or they will wait for the situation to degrade more and then leave.

solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
They have a deep rooted fear for their own interests. What do you think they are going to do?
solenoidalslide commented on Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work   macrumors.com/2022/05/07/... · Posted by u/carlycue
rrggrr · 3 years ago
WFH is screwing young workers by eliminating the mentorship, learning by osmosis and relationship-building that has propelled many knowledge-based careers. If Goodfellow were truly a good fellow, he would recognize the higher purpose.
solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
Allow me to introduce you to Digital Osmosis.
solenoidalslide commented on Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work   macrumors.com/2022/05/07/... · Posted by u/carlycue
humanistbot · 3 years ago
Is there anything HNers feel more passionately about than remote work?
solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
Clojure, Haskell, and Rust

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solenoidalslide commented on Ask HN: How to make the home buying/selling process suck less?    · Posted by u/mavsman
frankbreetz · 3 years ago
Idk, why real estate agents can't be completely automated away. Lockbox with a changeable code and an app where people can anonymously schedule tours. Make an off though another app and get the documents signed off by a notary.

If you need an inspection or appraisal that can all be handle either by an app or by the buyer, or hire a real estate agent if you want.

It seem ridiculous that you have to have a two real estate agents to complete a transaction. Along with that almost all real estate agents have this hustle mentality where you can make a lot of money if you work hard. I agree it all feels like a scam

solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
> Idk, why real estate agents can't be completely automated away.

There are startups working on this very problem.

solenoidalslide commented on Average home prices in New Zealand reaches 8.8 times average household income   businessdesk.co.nz/articl... · Posted by u/thomasfl
refurb · 3 years ago
Such as? At that income level you have great health insurance, can still qualify for state schools, maybe childcare?

I agree at lower taxes the difference is more stark.

solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
The United States is the fourth largest country in the world and has no kind of high speed rail of any kind
solenoidalslide commented on Ask HN: Why can't I learn anymore?    · Posted by u/telman17
stuporglue · 3 years ago
A few years ago I just felt tired at the thought of learning another fad language. I ended up getting an MBA and switching into procurement. Now I just code on personal projects and it's fun again.
solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
The MBA route not a fad language in itself?
solenoidalslide commented on Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a major contributing cause [pdf]   judiciary.senate.gov/imo/... · Posted by u/insamniac
qiskit · 3 years ago
That's because politics became injected into social media/internet. The problem isn't social media per se, it's politics, news, media, etc that has overrun social media in the past 15 years.

Before Obama, the internet and social media was place for young people to goof off. Then obama used youtube/etc to reach young people and then the lgbt/news/media/leftists went crazy on social media paving the way for Trump - which strangely became a problem. Before Trump arrived, politicians/lgbt/news/media/leftists destroying teens mental health was celebrated on social media/internet.

Of course nobody in the senate or government cares one lick about teens' mental health. They are only interested in better controlling social media to destroy teens' mental health for their own agenda.

I've advocated for social media to ban all politics and news. Lets see how that affects people's mental health. Or better yet, remove all politics and news from their recommendations or frontpage. Instead, social media/tech run "get out the vote" campaigns, lift "authoritative" voices and inject politics/news into everyone's lives.

solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
The fact that people exist who actually blame Obama should be proof enough that our society was mentally ill far before social media.
solenoidalslide commented on Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a major contributing cause [pdf]   judiciary.senate.gov/imo/... · Posted by u/insamniac
toolz · 3 years ago
Strongly disagree, when has society ever decided less access to information is ideal? Our descendants will create better platforms that can allow users to better filter for their emotional needs and they'll likely have better tools to understand their own emotions.
solenoidalslide · 3 years ago
Swap "information" with "ML-optimized and personalized dopamine dispenser". At what age would it be appropriate to own such a device?

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