Debt. Terror. Politics. To Seattle Millennials, the Future Looks Scary

Post by stillsut » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 8:37 PM UTC

narrator wrote: post #41

pnathan wrote: post #11

It depends on who you ask. The narrative here is of precarious terror. Other people will have a different story. Seattle attracts a lot of people, and they often have sticker shock because they didn't do enough research. And , a lot of people feel entitled to live in the hippest neighborhoods very cheap. That said. The writer needs to contextualize this. In 2001, the year I went to college, the Twin Towers fell and a…

Going by the numbers, terrorism is a really unlikely way to die. Most people on HN are likely to die from heart disease, cancer, or medical mistakes in that order. The most likely cause of death for a person before the age of fifty is a prescription drug mistake, suicide, or dying in a car crash.

Post by nickbauman » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 12:35 AM UTC

ethanbond wrote: post #91

nickbauman wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So explain "broken". If you say "superdelegates" "ratifying temporary rules" or "DWS" or "Trump", I hate to break it to you: this is not what broken means.

Is the condescension actually necessary? How about the first past the post voting system that guarantees two party dominance and thus the silencing of anything but the most extreme and/or most well-funded opinions? That is what broken means.

Post by adiabatty » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 1:26 AM UTC

codingmyway wrote: post #52

pnathan wrote: post #11

It depends on who you ask. The narrative here is of precarious terror. Other people will have a different story. Seattle attracts a lot of people, and they often have sticker shock because they didn't do enough research. And , a lot of people feel entitled to live in the hippest neighborhoods very cheap. That said. The writer needs to contextualize this. In 2001, the year I went to college, the Twin Towers fell and a…

As someone in Europe I just don't understand the level of fear among Americans who are in the safest position probably of any population ever. Is it just media bias? If I lived in eastern Europe any where near Turkey right now I'd be more afraid.

Post by ethbro » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 4:25 AM UTC

anexprogrammer wrote: post #89

Domenic_S wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the mortgage you made a huge stretch to take has reduced to affordable Yeahhhhhh but don't forget interest on that 30-year fixed was 12%+!

UK mortgages are usually variable, going up and down with changes in interest rates. You can fix, but often for just the first 5 years. Then switch to a different mortgage if you want another 5 or 10 years fixed. Is it usual to fix for full term in the US? With lower interest rates these days fixing is much more common than it was.

Post by codingmyway » Mon, Aug 22, 2016, 11:31 AM UTC

ethbro wrote: post #97

nickbauman wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fear is a powerful political tool. If you can make people afraid, you can control them. Daesh knows this. Governments know this. Media knows this. The antidote is: 1. Practice information hygiene. Who is saying it? How do they benefit in making you afraid? What are the opposing viewpoints? Where is the evidence? 2. Be aware of cognitive biases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases 3. Know history (t…

> Fear is a powerful political tool. If you can make people afraid, you can control them. I don't think that's the whole of it though. A large part of the American media / news system is still profit driven -- I'd say a large enough part to swamp editorial intent if the two butt heads. It seems to me another explanation for the evidence is that people like being afraid.