Took Charlene for some medical tests, while she was in with the tech the people behind the desk were talking about "what's cool with the kids". One mentioned a Hacky Sack, another asked "What's a Hacky Sack?"
I just had to interject: "Some of you spent the '90s sober, and it shows."
Baldur
Bjarnason: The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
If you have two economies of equal size and productivity, one has a massive
financial sector and billionaires while the other does not, the financialised economy will
have less left over to invest in research, education, infrastructure, and healthcare. Over
time, it will inevitably fall behind the country with a smaller financial sector because
its the other things that drive the economy and productivity, not stock market growth.
Went to Santa Rosa YIMBY this evening, came home with a book. Two or three of you are going "oooh, cool", the rest are like "WTF, Dan? This is geekier than when you're on your computer stuff..."