farialima · HackerTrans

vor 2 Monatendiscuss

> You cannot name a single politician who is a mathematician.

I can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Villani

( and of course Wikipedia has a list :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematician-politici... )

farialima

vor 3 Monatendiscuss

In the long term we are all dead. (Keynes)

Really feels like 1928

farialima

vor 4 Monatendiscuss

It’s like a Facebook feed - I find it strangely addictive to read them

Random bits of lives, random thoughts of people you don’t know but that you can somehow relate to - just because they wrote something

farialima

vor 4 Monatendiscuss

I think it’s just poorly worded; it’s about the upward mobility of the _generation born after the Second World War_. This generation lacked opportunities and this created unrest in the 60s and 70s.

The previous generation – the one that reached adulthood before and during WW 2 – had upward mobility in the 40s, 50s, and wanted its children to have too

farialima

vor 6 Monatendiscuss

- it’s 3 days not 5 (e.g leaving NYC Wednesday morning arriving SF Saturday evening)

- the internet connection is excellent (even in most tunnels) so you can work, have video meetings, etc, not to mention play chess online

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