I read through that literacy link a bit. Very interesting. I was assuming at least a majority of the adult illiteracy was from people born outside the country, but that’s only 34% of them! Do you know how California has the lowest rate by state? Are those 34% concentrated there, or is public school particularly bad there? I’m not American.
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I think about this from time to time. I think at some point, even if you’re born into it, you run up against some kind of hedonism wall where your human condition doesn’t know what to do with all your choices and lack of a need to do anything to survive. I’m interested in literature that tries to tackle this.
This sounds healthy! If you’re willing to share, I’m curious as to the kids’ (approximate) ages.
Good point, I want this.
Haha that’s a great site. But I think the C example is actually reasonable behaviour.
I’m being partially sincere here, but can you elaborate on how one of those would help in this situation?
I have this formative moment from my teenage years where I finished something in the fridge and asked my parents if I should leave the packaging in there. My dad, obviously frustrated with the question, snapped back asking if I saw an accumulation of empty packaging in the fridge.
My kids are starting to do this now. I’m still perplexed why this is the default our brains take.
“A recent US study found that only 12% of the county’s population consume half of all beef.”
I checked the study’s abstract and it matched what I thought this meant. That’s absurd! But indeed hopeful as it seems to be a specific demographic eating half the cows.
Upvoting you because I agree that some voices need to process the shift to endemic.
But I also agree with the tweet that low cost systematic changes should still be underway to lower overall viral burden, or soften the blow of the next pandemic.
I don’t know if HEPA filters in public institutions is actually effective, so I suppose the argument hinges on that; is there actually low hanging fruit like that?
Ok the last time I watched it was well before being exposed to corporate culture. That’s awesome.
Like that burned-in timestamp feature on film cameras.
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Wait I’m intrigued that there’s a happy ending in the long run? I’m super ignorant in this area but like…have other countries we view as relatively socialist (Euro stuff?) gone through a similar process that the US is going through? Definitely looking for some optimism these days.