Economists Are Obsessed with “Job Creation.” How About Less Work?

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[–]sodasplash 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It doesn't have to be this way, but while we complain about the conditions imposed upon us by the system, it is also our collective choice to continue to engage in it.

Choose "No."

Exceptionally apt comment. I would also add medical. We are told to not think for ourselves but trust learned individuals. And yet, especially when it comes to something like our own physical well being, if you go to for a second opinion, there's an 80% chance that the second opinion will be entirely the opposite of the first opinion.

This is actually true in many walks of life. Yet so few people realize this because they barely have "time" to get a well informed first opinion.

Opinions are the same as assholes. Everyone has them. Especially doctors and lawyers.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

if you go to for a second opinion, there's an 80% chance that the second opinion will be entirely the opposite of the first opinion.

Of course, this only applies for certain things. For something like "is it important to eat food" or "should I get my broken leg set", the decision won't be controversial. "Is chemotherapy or radiotherapy a better choice" will probably get you a different answer, if only because it's a false dichotomy.