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I think if we actually want to revalue education in the US, we need to start paying more people to go to school. If we want to turn around the narrative about education as an elitist thing, then we need to really make it not an elitist thing, by providing people with stipends to go to any form of higher education and training programs for whatever we need more of as a society. If we need more electricians, we should have paid electrical training and job guarantees. If we need more biologists, we should have paid biology studies with paid internships and job guarantees.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. ~George Bernard Shaw
Many people I grew up with have a particularly strong aesthetic sensitivity that I don't seem to have to the same degree. They have particular aesthetic preferences that can be a bit intolerant if the aesthetic is off. I'm mostly curious why so many people I grew up around have this but I do not seem to have it to the same extent. I would think this would relate to shared conditions around upbringing. To consider and pinpoint further...
feel yes generally to this sentiment:
I love to work, I just don't like to use a computer for so long
Although perhaps for me it’s more
I like to work I just don’t want to have to use a computer for so long and push myself to unsustainable limits on the regular.
There are infinite things to do on the internet. Sometimes I have to just step away, knowing the infinite possibilities will (for the most part) remain upon my return.
Catalytic converters: maybe not required in many countries that have major pollution issues? Nepal, India, others? To research further.
Some goals: