Yeah this is also typical for any job when you have insider information, the underlings all get strongly worded warnings not to use any info to their advantage while the ones in charge silently use it to their best capability and chastise anyone else using the same info.
You have to look at actions rather than words/warnings when you see this.
Not to mention, aren't they vital for wildfire prevention? A lot of the planned burns originated from studies done by the forestry service. This is incredibly short sighted.
Setting aside all the intangible benefits such as answering why we are here and providing inspiration to generations there are tons of short and long term benefits.
In the short/medium term, research is so much about solving problems and your solutions having unexpected applications in other areas. A lot of our minituarization in tech happened because we needed things smaller and lighter to lift into space, think things like your smart phone camera or laptops. Also things like cordless tools and even memory foam were originally developed for their application in space travel.
In the long term, let's take a look back, what if we had the same stance when we looked at the ocean, and thought why its even necessary to figure out how to navigate the waters. For our species to propagate or even survive, we need to expand. Right now we are one decently sized asteroid from extinction, but if one day we figured out how to expand to multiple worlds, then we become a heck of a lot of more resilient.
Id say anything trump does to nato should also be included in putin'scolumn
Yeah but this is socialized risk (political influence) for personal gain (access to the apps)
A vast majority of the public do not see themselves as vulnerable to propaganda targeted at themselves, or at least they dont see it happen in real time. So the risk is abstract to them at best but more likely seen as non-existent, while the gain is immediate and concrete.
I didnt hate ready player one but i dont think it deserved all the popularity and acclaim either.I was confused by what he wanted the target audience to be for this book. It reads like a run of the mill young adult novel but then is packed to the gills with 80s nostalgia. I guess it really just shows our decline in reading comprehension that it was so successful.
Not really, im just annoying any tax dollars at all are going to a religious service, Protestant or catholic or pastafarian
This is what happens when you have anti-intellectualism at the top ranks of government, you end up with stupid decisions.
I mean this happens with salary positions all the time. Just this year our manager put out new schedule rotations that make us work an hour longer every day...not like we're getting paid extra for that.
Wage theft by another name..
Don't threaten me with a good time
I agree completely, but this congress and administration have shown time and time again that they refuse to learn from history (e.g. The Vietnam War) so it wouldn't surprise me if the idea at least gets thrown to vote in Congress, which hopefully is enough to ignite more serious protests/riots in the country to dissuade this current trend. This is why people are floating the possibility of one now, to sow the idea to US masses and get a gauge of their reaction.
We're seeing 50 years of underfunding education in action.
Lied? Everyone paying attention knew what he was and it didn't matter. He could have jumped on table and shat on it during the confirmation hearing and he'd still be in charge of the FDA