I’ve felt the same way in the last few years since college. Been a ‘similar’ situation but I can definitely tell that all this time I’ve spent working on myself, reading philosophy, etc is just starting to pay off.
Not saying it’s ideal but trying to learn as much as you can when you’re in a hard place might help you out.
There's a chance it will die out, nuclear war or a meteor is always a possibility. Don't think it's anywhere close to being certain. There's a good chance we'll survive and regularly visit other planets.
In Melbourne Australia there’s a “free tram zone” where in the centre of the city anybody can use trams to get around for free. It works pretty well, although the trams sometimes get very packed.
It’s not exactly the same idea, just a similarity from where I’m living.
It’s an English word for rougher lower class young men. People look down on them, it’s partially a class thing and partially how they dress and how they’re just boisterous. Don’t know what the equivalent word in the USA is but in Australia we say Bogan which is similar.
I'd argue that the future of games consoles is still in jeapordy, but the doom and gloom arguments of 2012 were premature.
The Nintendo switch is a perfect conceptual example of what the smartphone could turn into, in terms of gaming. It all runs on mobile hardware, with Nvidia Tegra powering the graphics.
What's to stop Apple or other companies supporting slot in controllers on the side of the phones? I think it's inevitable that companies take influence from the switch.
Once we have 'switches' using the iPhone or Samsung galaxies, etc, I think there's no turning back. Then you can just cast that video feed to the TV a la Switch dock, just over wireless connection.
Of course it will take a while to build up the infrastructure for it, but this idea seems obvious.
I think it makes sense to have something other than a pure universal basic income for redistribution of wealth. You want to design an incentive based system to encourage people to contribute to their community, pursue higher education and learning, as well as work.
Some kind of income supplement if you work at least 15 hours per week makes sense, along with a bonus for 'community contribution' of some kind. It makes sense to reduce the overall amount worked, but to still encourage work, and to improve the skillset of workers.
Pure universal basic income has dubious incentives. It's a solution, but I don't think it's close to the best one. Of course, any system, including the idea I'm proposing will be gamed, and have unfortunate side effects from its policies.