gones00n

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by gones00n 6y ago
I respectfully disagree on the need to fund the military. How might we use the trillions of dollars spent on the military for education, healthcare, retirement and other betterment initiatives for U.S. citizens? If hypothetically all nation
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by gones00n 6y ago
My original response was to highlight that perhaps we shouldn't be elevating child-raising as a completely altruistic, society-benefiting endeavor. We're talking about a few tech companies, which is not representative of the U.S.
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by gones00n 6y ago
I'm not advocating some "Children of Men" fictional dystopia. There will always be kids, maybe just not the white collar tech worker too worried about career progression. For example, outside of my own kids, I'm agnostic
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by gones00n 6y ago
Well said. It's a bit farcical that this discussion has degenerated into "I have kids for the better of society". Let's stick to the simpler rationale that some people have kids because they love kids and/or want to
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by gones00n 6y ago
There's risk in every major life decision, including having kids. I hope I'm not coming off as anti-children but while parents couldn't have anticipated the pandemic and its impact, they need to react to the circumstances. If
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by gones00n 6y ago
"Benefit society as a whole" sounds good in theory but rarely works in practice because people are inherently self-interested. A simple counterargument is that someone's kids may not turn out at all to be productive members o
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by gones00n 6y ago
The former. You promote objectively rather than subjectively. Parents may just need to adjust their own expectations/career trajectories and consider 2020 a "lost year" of sorts. There's always 2021 and beyond to make up
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by gones00n 6y ago
I wonder why tech companies aren't allowing the option to change from full-time (100%) to part-time (60%), while retaining all the benefits especially healthcare in the U.S. This can help ensure that everyone is being measured fairly -