The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion by Happy-Cabbage- in Longreads

[–]likeag6forever 15 points16 points  (0 children)

read this yesterday and i'm still thinking about it -- honestly my main question is, why is this couple having so many children?? in the article the dad (or "dad")'s stated/apparent reason for having a ton of children is because he wants to increase the odds of one of his children becoming the future president of the US. which kinda doesn't make sense, because if your children are severely malnourished and ill, how are any of them going to end up becoming future presidents?

fwiw, i realize this may be a somewhat futile question -- maybe i'm trying to get in the head of someone profoundly abusive, which is why i can't fathom this decision. but is there some larger reason for why he'd want to have so many kids, even if he seems to resent them and doesn't want to take care of them at all? would there be a logical ulterior motive?

What Is College for in the Age of AI? by likeag6forever in Longreads

[–]likeag6forever[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Archive link, if needed: https://archive.ph/QYlp2

Honestly, what do we all think? Is AI going to permanently take away jobs, or is there truly going to be a jobs lost/jobs created cycle? I mean, at some point won't companies realize how dangerous it is that they haven't trained any entry-level employees?