Without his ill-gotten wealth and fame he'd just be another garage-dwelling dad muttering darkly about how militant woke took his kid from him (never at fault for being an insufferable, mean-drunken bigot).
Why is the man so concerned about being "doxxed." He's already plastered himself over every inch of the internet he can reach. Made of himself a very public figure. "Waaaaah, people are checking my very public flight data."
also:
just like a republican rofl
also:
just like a republican rofl
Lol
https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status … 7151383552
very interesting thread on the return-to-work crisis, particularly among young men and particularly in the united states.
very interesting thread on the return-to-work crisis, particularly among young men and particularly in the united states.
as much as i hate jordan peterson hes right about that issue. but its a broader problem with young men in the US.uziq wrote:
https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1603320237151383552
very interesting thread on the return-to-work crisis, particularly among young men and particularly in the united states.
i mean it’s not hard to diagnose the issue. peterson’s whole conception and prognosis is retarded.Cybargs wrote:
as much as i hate jordan peterson hes right about that issue. but its a broader problem with young men in the US.uziq wrote:
https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1603320237151383552
very interesting thread on the return-to-work crisis, particularly among young men and particularly in the united states.
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"Crisis"uziq wrote:
https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1603320237151383552
very interesting thread on the return-to-work crisis, particularly among young men and particularly in the united states.
I have been working non-stop since I was 16. I have absolutely no ill will towards anyone dropping out of the workforce. In fact I encourage it. The worker shortage improves the wages of people like me still in the work force.
It's pretty telling that you have to threaten and twist arms to get people into work. I wonder why that is. Abusive workplace? Underpay? No pay? Off-the-clock labor? Exhaustion? Depression? Very funny too that some bosses are so desperate to justify their offices that they'll exclude new hires from WFH that other employees get to enjoy.
Why are people so cynical!! /spongebob
Why are people so cynical!! /spongebob
I was doing WFH on occasion before it was cool. If everything I needed to get done in a day could be done on my own computer in slippers and pajamas, I didn't see why I needed to spend the running time of Jurassic Park on a there-and-back to the office. We have email. We have mobile devices glued to our persons that can be used to talk to people remotely.
Some of the filler college I had could have been largely done through email. One of the professors would often just leave something on a projector and then disappear into the office to play videogames or something (and had the temerity to be annoyed when some students threw their hands up and launched a LAN party). If you wanted him to take a look at work, you'd have to go dig him out of his cocoon and deal with the eye rolls. People who skipped out on occasion and completed an assignment/project at home were still punished come grades, regardless of work quality.
Some of the filler college I had could have been largely done through email. One of the professors would often just leave something on a projector and then disappear into the office to play videogames or something (and had the temerity to be annoyed when some students threw their hands up and launched a LAN party). If you wanted him to take a look at work, you'd have to go dig him out of his cocoon and deal with the eye rolls. People who skipped out on occasion and completed an assignment/project at home were still punished come grades, regardless of work quality.
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I think I need to start pushing the envelope on WFH.
Literally every day someone in my team takes a WFH day on spurious grounds, or no grounds at all.
Literally every day someone in my team takes a WFH day on spurious grounds, or no grounds at all.
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lol. dilbert complaining about other people’s lifestyles yet again whilst doing nothing for himself. isn’t this sort of subordinate behaviour called ‘learned helplessness’ or something? maybe learn to assert yourself instead of whining about other people all the time. stand up straight young man!
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lol iconic.
https://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/sta … I_zPEymYiw
lol iconic.
At this point I'm only going to work to get out of the house.
I think I'll see if I can go in during the Xmas shutdown, the place will be quiet, traffic should be light.
Otherwise its remarkable how many people get by slacking off.
I think I'll see if I can go in during the Xmas shutdown, the place will be quiet, traffic should be light.
Otherwise its remarkable how many people get by slacking off.
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why don’t you get a social life instead? going to the office as an excuse to go outside is so fucking … sad?Dilbert_X wrote:
At this point I'm only going to work to get out of the house.
I think I'll see if I can go in during the Xmas shutdown, the place will be quiet, traffic should be light.
Otherwise its remarkable how many people get by slacking off.
For about the fourth time - people = pain
That reminds me, I need to spend more time making stuff for myself on the 3D printer.
That reminds me, I need to spend more time making stuff for myself on the 3D printer.
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I don't think there's much wiggle room to argue that we're not threading the needle right now, or won't need technology to survive extinction debt much more immediate than solar apocalypse.
Funny that Musk, the great protector of humanity's future, would rather spend billions on acquiring Twitter as his personal playground than getting more people fed, housed, and educated.
Funny that Musk, the great protector of humanity's future, would rather spend billions on acquiring Twitter as his personal playground than getting more people fed, housed, and educated.
Probably he knows excess population is the problem, no amount of technology will solve it.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I don't think there's much wiggle room to argue that we're not threading the needle right now, or won't need technology to survive extinction debt much more immediate than solar apocalypse.
Funny that Musk, the great protector of humanity's future, would rather spend billions on acquiring Twitter as his personal playground than getting more people fed, housed, and educated.
If we could have stabilised at 1940s levels the world would be a much better place today.
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Not a lot has convinced me that the man is terribly knowledgeable. Rather, his actions to date just reinforce that he rode the wave of other people's accomplishments he bought his way into with his family's dirty money. How embarrassing to be a "yeah science" internet tech nerd and suddenly have their Iron Man superhero sink so low as to post anti-science rhetoric on the social media platform he bought rather than … spend it on science. Truly peak performance.
How much human potential is lost to poverty, I wonder. People who might have made a big impact but were too worried about medicine for grandma or when their next meal was going to be. An unforgivable expense of brow sweat all so a small number of people can have just a little bit more money they don't need.
see also: More than 900 million tonnes of food is thrown away every year, according to a global report.
How much human potential is lost to poverty, I wonder. People who might have made a big impact but were too worried about medicine for grandma or when their next meal was going to be. An unforgivable expense of brow sweat all so a small number of people can have just a little bit more money they don't need.
see also: More than 900 million tonnes of food is thrown away every year, according to a global report.
musk is literally an advocate for having as many children as possible. especially if they’re the spawn of eggheads in SV. that’s why he’s been inseminating every willing woman he meets in his workplaces.Dilbert_X wrote:
Probably he knows excess population is the problem, no amount of technology will solve it.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I don't think there's much wiggle room to argue that we're not threading the needle right now, or won't need technology to survive extinction debt much more immediate than solar apocalypse.
Funny that Musk, the great protector of humanity's future, would rather spend billions on acquiring Twitter as his personal playground than getting more people fed, housed, and educated.
If we could have stabilised at 1940s levels the world would be a much better place today.
I'm starting to notice that, in my working life, 'career progression' into more responsibility seems to be less about actually developing new skills and getting smarter at what I do, and more about managing and navigating the structures and ways of working in the professional environment, and methods of 'testing competency', that boomers and early gen X'ers have developed/maintained over the span of decades to entrench themselves in positions of responsibility and power.
Many of these same people were already division heads in their early-mid 30s, of course. Now people in those positions average mid-40s.
Many of these same people were already division heads in their early-mid 30s, of course. Now people in those positions average mid-40s.
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Yeah I mean "best practices" constantly evolve in any profession, so that makes sense.
Testing competency is always a moving target. I can't count how many corporate seminars I've sat through that show a new method to engage/test/empower/motivate/manage a team. I've learned the most through mentorship. It's probably the most important thing I look for in potential career opportunities.
Testing competency is always a moving target. I can't count how many corporate seminars I've sat through that show a new method to engage/test/empower/motivate/manage a team. I've learned the most through mentorship. It's probably the most important thing I look for in potential career opportunities.
You've only just realised this?Larssen wrote:
I'm starting to notice that, in my working life, 'career progression' into more responsibility seems to be less about actually developing new skills and getting smarter at what I do, and more about managing and navigating the structures and ways of working in the professional environment, and methods of 'testing competency', that boomers and early gen X'ers have developed/maintained over the span of decades to entrench themselves in positions of responsibility and power.
Just pick the date when you'll be willing to step aside and let a millennial overtake you.Many of these same people were already division heads in their early-mid 30s, of course. Now people in those positions average mid-40s.
Is it news that pyramids are much flatter than they used to be, entire tiers of management are long gone, people want to cling on to where they've got to?
Or that managing your manager is much more important for your career than actually doing your job?
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your mileage may vary, depending on your industry. it's just not the case that management has been culled in certain sectors – worse, they've proliferated and become ever more parasitical. the 'bullshit job' is a frequent term of opprobrium now in the discourse, and that extends to positions of middle-management, the project management or management consultant class, especially.
considering that post-industrial western societies are mostly composed of a professional services class, with management consultants being prime among them, i don't know how you can argue that management has been 'flattened'. it's workers who are being forever laid off and thinned out by the consultant class.
if you work in an industry like academia, in which the administrative-bureaucratic class has ballooned whilst academic salaries and positions have cratered, then you definitely wouldn't be arguing that 'entire tiers of management are long gone'. on the contrary, entire tiers of bullshit management have been put in place to divert tuition fees funds away from the core workforce of the university. that's just one example: there are many more.
considering that post-industrial western societies are mostly composed of a professional services class, with management consultants being prime among them, i don't know how you can argue that management has been 'flattened'. it's workers who are being forever laid off and thinned out by the consultant class.
if you work in an industry like academia, in which the administrative-bureaucratic class has ballooned whilst academic salaries and positions have cratered, then you definitely wouldn't be arguing that 'entire tiers of management are long gone'. on the contrary, entire tiers of bullshit management have been put in place to divert tuition fees funds away from the core workforce of the university. that's just one example: there are many more.
In the average actual company structures are flatter.
That there are now multiple layers of parasitic consulting companies between govt and actually getting anything done is a side issue.
Still, in this case in terms of actual numbers there are a lot more people at the bottom and fewer at the top, hence its flatter.
Here a road widening project is due to cost $15bn - 150,000 man years of labour on a good salary, 90% of this will be going to consultants, lawyers and middle men.
That there are now multiple layers of parasitic consulting companies between govt and actually getting anything done is a side issue.
Still, in this case in terms of actual numbers there are a lot more people at the bottom and fewer at the top, hence its flatter.
Here a road widening project is due to cost $15bn - 150,000 man years of labour on a good salary, 90% of this will be going to consultants, lawyers and middle men.
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