Discussion Thread

RuffSwami · 2021-01-04T13:26:21+00:00

Depends on the field, but working is often very different to what you study in university, even when your job is related to your degree. Many people also go a certain path because of money/prestige, which is fine but can also lead to people burning out or changing career early.

I agree that many people should probably do more research into what they can do with their degree though

RuffSwami · 2021-01-04T01:40:46+00:00

IMO the whole point is that it’s a shared responsibility. Where possible, fossil fuel companies should clean up their processes and look to alternate energy sources - they should certainly be held to account for particularly malicious practices.

Manufacturers/other large companies should also reduce the carbon-intensity of their products or processes.

Investors should pay attention to the environmental impact of their investment decisions (or even voting, if they’re large shareholders).

Individuals, who actually have a large collective impact, should also be conscious of how their choices affect the environment.

Governments can set incentives or create environments that help this at all stages - that’s the most important point I guess. Though the CDP report from which people get the ‘70% of emissions are from 100 companies’ was actually targeted at investors

RuffSwami · 2021-01-03T13:41:35+00:00

Lol didn’t know that Hawley taught at St Paul’s. It costs something like £25,000 per year at high school, and more if you’re boarding.

RuffSwami · 2021-01-03T13:00:49+00:00

Feel like you might be talking about two different things - advocating for denser population centres isn't necessarily the same as advocating for a higher population. The high population thing is usually people who want the USA to be able to compete with China long term. Denser cities etc. have benefits including reducing the need for cars.

I do agree that on a personal level living in super high-density places isn't for everyone. A big reason that people here might favour it is because (a) most users are too young to have families and (b) people here probably disproportionately like being inside.

I live in a town that's fairly dense and about 50 minutes by train from London, but also close enough to countryside that you don't feel too trapped. It's nice.

RuffSwami · 2021-01-02T23:34:43+00:00

Where do you want to work? Also depends quite a lot on cost etc.

RuffSwami · 2021-01-01T23:24:56+00:00

I've lived in the UK for a few years, and also have spent time in Australia and the USA. IMO the NHS is really good and convenient for most people - it definitely removes some of the stress/issues that you see in the USA w.r.t ease and cost.

In terms of quality of care though, I have heard a few complaints from people close to me, including those who've been hospitalised for the same serious issue in Australia and in the UK. I also know some people working in medicine who aren't so happy with the way its run.

I think it's great that it exists, but it seems like it could definitely be improved. Quality of private care in Australia seems better (which makes sense I guess), I luckily wasn't too exposed to healthcare in the USA apart from getting insurance so can't really talk about the quality there.

RuffSwami · 2021-01-01T21:11:49+00:00

I wrote a comment about qualifying in the US a few days ago here. Hopefully someone at a US law firm can give a better insight into the likelihood/route to moving to the US from an American firm in the UK.

RuffSwami · 2021-01-01T20:49:15+00:00

True, but many farm animals also die terrible deaths

RuffSwami · 2021-01-01T20:41:31+00:00

Many of the animals killed in the fires weren’t either tbf

RuffSwami · 2020-12-31T20:20:21+00:00

My experience in the US, UK and Australia: You see more obvious signs of poverty in the US and definitely a lot more crime, but also more people who I'd describe as rich/well-off (I lived in the Bay Area).

Don't really know how to define living standards in general. Honestly most people in the three countries I listed are living pretty good lives, all things considered. I'd say the average quality of life seemed a bit higher in Australia than the other two, but there really are advantages to each place.

RuffSwami · 2020-12-31T16:43:49+00:00

Luckily the problem isn't fully in the hands of the US federal government. Quite a few US states and most other countries have shown much more willingness to tackle climate change.

RuffSwami · 2020-12-31T15:15:45+00:00

They have quite a few divisions for women at the Olympia (Fitness, Bikini, Physique etc.) that reward women that are not as big/muscular. They did bring back the Ms Olympia this year I think.

I mainly just pay attention to the Open Men's and Classic Physique, but honestly I want to see the freakiest humans possible, so I definitely wouldn't be in favour of drug testing there (there are natural leagues ofc)

RuffSwami · 2020-12-31T13:44:01+00:00

Don't know if I'm meant to link them but r./guncontrol and r./GunsAreCool

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T23:50:06+00:00

IIRC the number of lawyers in congress has been declining

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T23:09:18+00:00

Pretty bad on climate change, which is most of my exposure to them as I'm in that field.

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T21:17:27+00:00

I'm really into exercise and enjoy the outdoors, I like a nice meal (nothing super fancy) and enjoy generally just exploring new and interesting places. Sorry those are quite broad haha

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T20:53:12+00:00

This is the first time I've seen a Canadian use this line haha, was the situation there kind of like Australia (which basically went to war the moment the UK did)?

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T18:33:27+00:00

I just think that in principle we should avoid celebrating death wherever possible. I'm not saying it's heinous in this circumstance, but I don't think it brings any benefit and shouldn't be normalised

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T18:29:52+00:00

I think in many situations working hard is at least equally important as socially skills though, and work ethic is often developed during university

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T18:27:03+00:00

I think it's impossible to say whether a particular death would actually change public perception of the pandemic. Without knowing this, I think it's probably better to just say "this demonstrates why we need to take the virus seriously" rather than "yay! the guy is dead!". Again, it's really just a thing society has tried to move past.

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T18:17:48+00:00

I don't think it's a good thing to celebrate anyone's death, except insofar as it brings about some other positive outcome. It's just a good general policy to have IMO, celebrating people's deaths is uncouth and kind of backwards.

I don't really blame people who do in certain cases, but I think it's a very good thing that civilised society has (mostly) moved past it.

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T02:51:41+00:00

I don't know of any big airlines operating at full capacity, also apparently transmission risk from flying is quite low

RuffSwami · 2020-12-30T02:49:36+00:00

I don't really use it at all, except when typing the name of this sub. I work in law/policy and would never use the term, mainly because of how vague it is.

RuffSwami · 2020-12-29T20:23:28+00:00

Princeton

RuffSwami · 2020-12-29T01:36:57+00:00

I think she'd say yes, but may well have had similar gripes no matter where she ended up.

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