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ObscureName22 t1_ja6uua6 wrote
Reply to eli5 perpetual motion is impossible but why haven't we made something that just goes on for a really long time that we then service so it can keep going? by FrozenKyrie
You can buy these things as desk ornaments. By your phrasing I think you can argue a car is a perpetual motion machine. It can run for many miles before occasionally servicing it with a little gasoline.
ObscureName22 t1_j9i7lrw wrote
Reply to How good the US will be for living in future for those who will be earning decent?? by [deleted]
You actually listen to what people say on the internet?
ObscureName22 t1_j9i79j0 wrote
I don't know anything about the math requirements for NASA, but I think the obvious answer is for you to just get better at math. I refuse to believe that doing so is beyond someone if they truly dedicate themselves to it and are passionate.
Also you're only in high school. You likely don't even know what you are capable of yet. In astronaut Scott Kelly's book he talks about how he was a pretty mediocre student in high school, but one day he joined a military academy and randomly became super motivated after reading a book about pilots. From that point on worked his butt of to get into the field. You don't need to be a genius now to one day work for NASA, but you should develop a plan now with steps to help you get there eventually if it's something you really want to do.
ObscureName22 t1_j5tv4pq wrote
Reply to Online interaction could be affecting the ability of young people to concentrate on everyday tasks. by unswsydney
Tell me something I don’t know
ObscureName22 t1_jbtdyx6 wrote
Reply to comment by berlinparisexpress in With a universal income, will we stop working? by berlinparisexpress
I think it’s naive to assume everyone would keep working at the level needed to maintain our society. The article mentioned it, but didn’t offer any good solutions to the “menial, but necessary” jobs problem as they put it. Their suggestion was that employers would have to offer extra benefits to get employees to work more.
The issue is that in my experience people are never going to work more than they have to. All those low-paying jobs that most don’t like doing affect my day-to-day life many times more than the ones with free thought which people would be more drawn towards if they didn’t have to worry about their finances due to a universal wage. Not everyone may hate their jobs but there are many jobs that no one would do without a good incentive. I think most people underestimate how much those employees are needed as well.
One day technology may take away so many jobs that we will be forced to pay a universal wage so people can survive. Until then I think it goes without saying that supplementing people’s income will cause at least some, if not a lot of menial laborers to work less which will directly impact our society.