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jk20

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    Money also attracts various "snout in the trough" types who need to get rid of anyone who may challenge them as for their abilities or merits.

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    Once I was present at a discussion between a seasoned quantum optics expert and a group of aspiring physicists, and he asked us which interpretation of quantum mechanics do we pref…

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    Maybe they imagine that the life in the USA looks just like in the movies.

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    Rent and tuition in the free market economies exist to extract money, paying it back in some form somehow defeats the purpose.

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    >Keeping 4500 students in a single 11 storey building is pretty efficient. About as efficient as a chicken farm. Also, $300k (the price tag for a single room) gets you a new house …

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    That's really a description of a manager, such as the one who wrote the article.

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    >Furthermore, those who work in clerical and administrative jobs are far less likely to view their jobs as useless than those who are employed in roles that Mr Graeber regarded as …

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    How was the book on bullshit jobs debunked? The idea is that many jobs do not contribute to "technology,healthcare,engineering, etc.", rather, salaries and work assignments are reg…