This is a part of normal human behavior. People often do corrupt things, as they seem beneficial to them. I wouldn't get angry/emotional about it. People often don't care that much about you, unless it benefits them.
Acceptance is important. We all have a human mind with an ego vulnerable to corruption. We think we are the solution to the problem, but we often aren't.
Nobody really likes Skype and Facebook anymore, but I guess short-term it boosted their numbers. Most applications send annoying notifications. The application owners will rationalize and say anything to look good and imply they are trying to improve society. It's just a rigged game, stop engaging emotionally.
Contract work has been under attack by IR35, fortunately this has been postponed by a year.
These are uncertain times. A lot of contractors have moved back to permie and competition is high.
You can try to obtain a 6 or 12 month contract if you have a decent stack of emergency cash (e.g. £25k) lying around.
I wouldn't overanalyze it. Try to see your options out there.
If you can get 3 contract offers in 1 month, then obviously you're still fine. If you can get 1 contract offer after trying for 3 months, I'd consider not taking it.
Analyze and feel the market, so you can form your opinion instead of just going based on stories that other people produce. Some people can't find a low-paying job in the best of times. Some people will have plenty of opportunities in the worst of times.
Haha yes, I think even presidents and CEOs are basically just trying to make the most of it. They just can't admit it, because of their reputation. People love to believe in a strong man that knows it all.
Yes, this is the ego. It's not about the information or the knowledge, but about being right and your opinion.
I'm sure we're all guilty of this sometimes, but it still makes comment sections a bit useless sometimes, because it's not discussing the subject itself.
This is why I love upcoming new technologies that everybody hates, they still have to proof themselves by using rational logic and there isn't much arrogance/ego surround it yet.
It's not good to think too much about yourself and how things reflect to groups of people and yourself, a lot of projection.
PS: I teach languages and a lot of people get stuck with looking bad. The ego is your enemy. Most good language learners just practice a lot and don't worry too much about looking bad.
I think human rational thinking is completely f*cked. We are just not capable of thinking very logically/rationally.
I think all the more reason to meditate, be mindful and adopt philosophies that are not always rational, but good instead.
Also, the truth is often very complex or very dark, so thinking is only going to bring incorrect simplified (black/white) conclusions or negativity/resentment.
I am worried that this tax is partially based on jealousy and envy. I'm not so sure we should create a very complex tax system to specifically target companies and industries we feel deserve to pay more. Eventually this will end up a very complex tax system where nobody feels they are treated fairly.
If tax avoidance is legal, is it really tax avoidance? We've had leftist and rightist governments for 30 years saying they want to close tax loop holes, but they seem to be unable to create a system that works and successfully makes large corporations pay tax on profits.
I agree that it's messed up that Facebook and Apple make all their profits on tax havens, but I'm concerned that we are a bit too narcissistic by believing we can create a complex tax system that will solve this.
Humans have a dark side and seem completely unaware that their believes are driven by self-interest, envy and hate rather than making systems that work.
Acceptance is important. We all have a human mind with an ego vulnerable to corruption. We think we are the solution to the problem, but we often aren't.
Nobody really likes Skype and Facebook anymore, but I guess short-term it boosted their numbers. Most applications send annoying notifications. The application owners will rationalize and say anything to look good and imply they are trying to improve society. It's just a rigged game, stop engaging emotionally.