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What is the fundamental reason why MRI machines could not be produced in higher quantities at much cheaper unit costs?

Landlords require a certain multiple of rent in proven income. So the rent is automatically capped by local wages. It's pretty black and white - either the landlord asked a price i…

Because the definition of vaccine has been muddled with what used to be called gene therapy. In this case, they are tricking the body's immune system to attack specific cancer cell…

Can we not make a reasonable assumption that whistleblowers against a powerful company have a much higher than average risk of dying? Knowing nothing about them personally we can r…

This assumes the risk of getting caught offing whistleblowers is less than the risk of more whistle-blowers coming out. Does it really make sense that you'd risk exposing a whistle…

I'm baffled by how someone can say crypto is a scam in 2024, at least for Bitcoin. But I'm grateful that it is taking many people so long to adjust to the new reality. Their stubbo…

Oh don't worry. When you get an audit notice you get assigned an agent dedicated to your case. You can talk to them easily. They will talk to you all the time. It's amazing. The qu…

I don't think there is long term evidence that ESG adds alpha. Even if it did in the past, there's no reason to believe it will continue once it is being gamed as it is now and the…

Toilets haven't been fundamentally changed in 100 years. We flush unfathomable gallons literally down the toilet because we can't think of a better way to move poop around.

You mean they bought a house assuming they could WFH and the RTO mandate forced them to quit since it was too far away? Or they said no to the ultimatum and bought a house elsewher…

People are so naive to think that the big tech firms don't know exactly what theyre doing. They all more or less operate the same way. If someone is a top performer within a highly…

>An organization that wants people to come to work at their detriment is one that doesn't value their people, and this is how they are expressing it. Yes this is the entire point. …

Lots of folks are in great health but find themselves voluntarily bed ridden for lack of motivation to do anything else. It can often happen after no longer needing to work. Saying…

Interest rates went up and now profitability matters. Tech companies' biggest expense is employees, so it's the lowest hanging fruit to generate higher profits. It's really that si…

If this these extremely common viruses were the root cause of obesity, then why does obesity affect different countries so differently? Viruses all passed around globally so you ha…

It's very convenient being able to fire remote workers for cause if they won't RTO. It's a lot cheaper than actual layoffs.

My furnace broke after 15 years. I called a business to fix it. They replaced the dead pump motor and it worked again. The repair guy was paid well and I was happy to pay. What exa…

What do you mean by eugenics? That academics studied eugenics? Or that eugenics was widely popular among academics? I guess the pendulum always swings to the extreme other directio…

Why can't you be a millionaire who becomes a billionare through compound interest? If university endowments can do it so can individuals.

Never talk about the psychological toll any job takes on you, because there are people in worse circumstances somewhere, and everyone should always be able to foresee and "navigate…

Beliefs around WFH didn't change. Economic circumstances did. If it reverts to difficulty hiring and retaining people, WFH will change back. Productivity is an excuse after the fac…

>and because return to office in their minds is a good way to make the org more productive over the long term. If WFH destroys long term value creation, then why didn't the stock m…

People don't appreciate what a total mindfuck it is to go through this. - You aren't told you're being targeted to be managed out when it starts. Managers often do not tell you tha…

If the people and their bipartisan representatives demand something, and the government ignores them with no accountability, is that not the death of democracy? Or does it only cou…

Divorce was a totally different animal before no fault divorce became a thing. The idea of an amicable divorce didn't really exist in the public mind. Divorce itself was also scand…