Low Barriers Are A Good Thing

Post by losethos » Sat, Apr 24, 2010, 4:06 PM UTC

qw wrote: post #30

joubert wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's gonna happen after Gen Z? Will counting wrap as in a spreadsheet?

There are other alphabets that continue, like Norwegian (Generation Æ). This gives us three additional generations to find an alternative (Generation Æ, Ø and Å). Chinese will probably replace English as a global language anyway by the time Generation Å is born.

China hasn't innovated much. Maybe, Africa will become dominate. They make music.

Did China kill-off their intellectuals periodically in history. Brilliant. Stuck-em in labor camps and shit.

Camere rouge killed-off intellectuals. Geniuses. Ba ha.

Post by sielskr » Sun, Apr 25, 2010, 7:43 PM UTC

SlyShy wrote: post #2

Denmark is an interesting case study of this working very well to encourage a competitive economy. In Denmark it is extremely easy to fire people, but also very easy to hire people. This actually decreases unemployment, because companies can easily downsize during recessions, weather the storm, and then hire the workers back (unlike in the US where companies have to hang on to contracts while in a downturn). http://w…

> unlike in the US where companies have to hang on to contracts while in a downturn

What is your basis for believing that US companies cannot downsize as easily as Danish ones or that their costs in hiring and firing are higher? Were you an employee or hiring manager in both countries?

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