Americans and Mediocrity

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SomeDisciple

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In the US, many of our greatest innovators drop out of institutional education. It really has become a racket; a money laundering scheme designed to permanently put America's youth into debt slavery.
 

Karlon

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Old habits die hard. I caught myself calling the bathroom at work "the head" a few weeks ago.
you're post reminded me of a lady who worked at a kidney dialysis facility in Saratoga N.Y. i know about this story because my then girlfriend worked there also for years she spent much time in the bathroom acting out her laziness she was large & lazy how she got away with that is unknown, especially in a medical building there was a rumor that she was serving a certain man in a higher up position well, finally, the establishment was sold & the new owners quickly fired her
 

Karlon

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The YMCA there is a really nice facility. I wish I could transplant Saratoga into a different state and then live there.
that's a dream for many. we're not there a lot in winter but in summer, just about every week. in fact, i do not prefer winter at all, we stay local, in the Adirondacks.
 

Eli1

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Looks like Elon is very triggered on this H1B visa topic and is saying some profanity based comments on Twitter.

Keep it together for the whole season Elon!
 
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Looks like Elon is very triggered on this H1B visa topic and is saying some profanity based comments on Twitter.

Keep it together for the whole season Elon!
The thing is, it's really an important conversation to have- Elon shouldn't be censoring people. The question is- "do we need all these foreign techies? and if so, why?" and "We don't have enough good Americans" is not a sufficient answer. Vaguely threatening people with China isn't going to work either.

What is even coming out of silicon valley these days that people actually want? I don't need a phone app that will track the gas volume and pressure of my farts. What specifically does America get for bringing these people in? That is what people want to know.
 

Eli1

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The thing is, it's really an important conversation to have- Elon shouldn't be censoring people. The question is- "do we need all these foreign techies? and if so, why?" and "We don't have enough good Americans" is not a sufficient answer. Vaguely threatening people with China isn't going to work either.

What is even coming out of silicon valley these days that people actually want? I don't need a phone app that will track the gas volume and pressure of my farts. What specifically does America get for bringing these people in? That is what people want to know.
I'm with you here. If i was in his position i would want to make some sort of program like Roosevelt did with the New Deal to have ALL American citizens involved and paid well while learning new skills in every corner of the market here at home.
But we will see how this develops and if Musk if gonna be able to stay 4 years, get fired, or change his rhetoric.
 

Eli1

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Looks like Trump is aligning with Musk on this H1B visa business.
Let's see how popular this is going to be.
 

SomeDisciple

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Looks like Trump is aligning with Musk on this H1B visa business.
Let's see how popular this is going to be.
I don't think it will be... and the worst part about it is, that if even if you're looking at it from the perspective of support for American workers- you're going to get lumped in with the ethnonationalists because they're the most vocal about this stuff.
 

Eli1

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I don't think it will be... and the worst part about it is, that if even if you're looking at it from the perspective of support for American workers- you're going to get lumped in with the ethnonationalists because they're the most vocal about this stuff.
Looks like Musk had a 'sit-down' with Trump and others because a day after he is changing his rhetoric.

Elon Musk changes his tune on H1-B visas as he tries to cool raging MAGA civil war over skilled immigration