Have people been getting rewarded with hustling more than their peers? Promotions that aren't popularity contests are exceedingly rare from my experience.
Everyone who's candidate loses says this every single election, regardless of party. And the electoral college was a deliberate concession to the sparsely populated states where all the food is grown, as is the Senate. Because America is a constitutional republic, not a direct democracy. I don't know if this is still taught in school but I distinctly remember learning it.
How is it a symbol of fear? Masks for infection control have been used since the late 1800s. It's purely practical.
Maybe a little fear would be healthy for some people if it makes them act in a socially integrated manner. Anybody who's had covid probably doesn't want to get it again.
The things we do to avoid covid also help with avoiding other respiratory infections as well, all of which are pretty terrible to get in case anybody forgot about them.
But saying that covid isn't causing damage is itself highly myopic.
I personally wasn't, but I turned 17 during the 2008 financial crisis, so that jump started getting engaged with things.
My sisters are way more aware of the world than I was at the time, for instance. But if you talk to some younger people, you'll find that things are different than even a decade ago for younger people.
They spend more time iterating on existing products rather than replacing them, not perfectly, but Google will throw away something good for seemingly no reason.
That’s not really related to being innovative. There are companies that have been refining zipper manufacturing longer than Apple has existed, but I’m sure you’d consider apple more innovative than them.
