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I've had a string of running across 'unqualified gatekeepers': people who have tremendous power over access to a certain resource, yet lack the knowledge to accurately discern how …

"...like nothing on earth seen before..." was this video made by an AI?

not sure about the case here, but a common executive play I've seen at bigcorps is: 1. take credit for what was in-flight when you came in 2. kick off massive projects which you ca…

Another element here is that a lot of that "money printing" went overseas. Agree with what you say, this time it was all sent domestically as part of stimulus checks.

hot take: it seems everything about crypto is full of problems invented for their own sake.

I can see wanting to keep my job secret from my peers, but not from my employer. How can you build trust with whomever you're working with? I can't imagine feeling comfortable send…

Once upon a time, the emperor had no clothes.

Another major issue in this discussion is the definition of 'teacher'. As referenced throughout these comments, a 'teaching' job varies dramatically on the district, age, etc. Stud…

rick and morty is on-point, also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAKOWcs8w54

Regardless of planted or no - feel sorry for whatever digital forensic examiner had to confirm it was indeed what it was. Not the victim in this scenario, but its an often-overlook…

Tired is the right word. He's a complex person doing interesting things, with a lot of noise mixed in. I don't care for how the cult of celebrity has grown to dominate public disco…

very helpful, thank you. hopefully there are resources available to analyze and action upon this feedback in the productive way described.

totally agree! is it because we trust the known (i.e. celebrity faux-experts) over the unknown (i.e. legitimate experts)? For instance, Trump asking voters to place all power in hi…

It appears that the end point of debates around this end in both parties having their own "lived experiences" based on fundamentally different "truths". How can anyone reach agreem…

I deferred joining a Bio lab out of undergrad after being pulled aside during my acceptance visit and given an 'academia life 101' from a postdoc. There were too many bio PhDs, too…

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that. Its the best of the worst. You just lower the threshold to hit the volumes / default rate you're comfortable with to make a profit. Subprime is an…

The subprime space is really interesting vs mortgages. Like others mention, the due diligence these providers run for these is minimal. The business model has been so successful in…

Musk has a point - the reality is that each and every Twitter user wades through obviously fake accounts every time they use the service. this is a problem that hasn't been solved.…

On point, but its even worse than that. As you mention, poorer students are denied the opportunity to take more advanced classes. But even those who do are faced with a massive dis…