This is stupidest post I have ever seen. Only a person who never ever tried to start a business thinks this way you moron. He employs thousands of people who pay taxes AND he pays personal taxes AND his companies are taxed. All his products that are sold get taxed. His wealth is not in income, but what he owns.
Take an economics course before you spout this communist drivel. Pathetic and idiotic.
I don’t want your “best movie ever.”
I want the one that made you sit in silence when the credits rolled.
The one where you said, “what… was that?”
No spoilers. Just titles.
Let’s ruin my week.
You keep writing these scenarios right as the world is downsizing and contracting people for automation. A CEO sees a highly paid person walk out the door and their first thought is, “awesome, no severance, no lawsuits, no messy exit.” They high five HR and look at all the savings they just got.
HR: We lost the new hire today.
CEO: What happened?
HR: He resigned after his first week.
CEO: That makes no sense. We doubled his previous salary.
HR: Yes, but salary was not the issue.
CEO: Then what was?
HR: You asked him why he left at exactly 5:00 p.m. And why he left the office before you did.
CEO: I was just trying to understand his mindset.
HR: He understood it clearly. He felt the company was not paying for his work, but for control over his time.
CEO: But commitment matters.
HR: So do boundaries. He finished his work, met expectations, and left on time. But instead of that being seen as professionalism, it was treated like a lack of loyalty.
CEO: People should not rush out of the office.
HR: He was not rushing out. He was simply leaving when the workday ended.
CEO: Still, it did not look right.
HR: That is exactly why he left. He realized very quickly that even with better pay, the culture expected presenteeism over performance.
CEO: That is unfortunate.
HR: Yes. We offered him double the salary, but also gave him a preview of a workplace where leaving on time becomes a character issue.
CEO: So what are you saying?
HR: If employees are judged for having boundaries, then no amount of money will make them stay.
A higher salary can attract people. But if respect for time is missing, it will not keep them.
Everyone is going to want a ~$30K Tesla Cybercab when it becomes available. Tesla will sell millions of these:
• Magnitude safer than human driving.
• Have the ability to legally sleep as it’s driving you.
• Operating costs could drop to as low as $0.20 per mile.
• Great for elderly individuals who are no longer able to drive, as well as people with disabilities.
• Work as are you being driven, or watch movies/play games.
• Send off to run errands (pick up kids, pick up someone at the airport, etc).
• The ability to add/subtract from the Tesla Robotaxi fleet to earn passive income.
• Send to pick up groceries, or other orders.
• Have the ability to send home after getting dropped off your location, eliminating the need for parking.
• Send for service autonomously when needed.
• Virtually Zero Maintenance.
This car will revolutionize transportation, and car ownership.
Went to see Project Hail Mary at my home theater … the picture didn’t fill the entire screen and I suspect the bulb was turned down significantly. Also, the sound needs to be better than my home surrounded by sound.
People talking, eating, light from the lobby … all annoying. But get the basics right. Biggest footprint at the correct brightness.
@JohannesSrense1@TheCinesthetic We will agree to disagree about Sean Penn. To me he was completely unrealistic and clownish. That film was funny when it tried to be serious and not funny when it tried to be funny IMO.
@DizzlePics1@TheCinesthetic I thought it was a solid 7.5/10 film. I think Leonardo DiCaprio is underrated as a comedic actor still, and Sean Penns acting was great. Always close to being a caricature, but never crossing the line
@Simon_Ingari This reads like a scene from a movie where the “hero” is celebrated for being a fantastic drone in the machine. I’d be stunned if it was real.
Manager: I wanted to talk to you about the promotion. You turned it down?
Gen Z: Yeah, I did.
Manager: Can I ask why? It’s a great opportunity.
Gen Z: Honestly, I just want to do my job and go home.
Manager: That’s it?
Gen Z: Pretty much.
Manager: But this is how you grow. More responsibility, more visibility, more money.
Gen Z: And more meetings, more stress, and more micromanaging adults who should already know how to act.
Manager: That’s a very cynical way to look at leadership.
Gen Z: It’s a very accurate way to look at leadership.
Manager: You really don’t want to climb the corporate ladder?
Gen Z: Not if the prize is spending my day in a thousand meetings explaining basic things to grown people.
Manager: Most people would be excited by a lucrative promotion.
Gen Z : I like lucrative. I just don’t like the part where my whole personality has to become calendar invites and follow-ups.
Manager: I’m honestly surprised.
Gen Z: I know. You expected ambition.
Manager: And you’re saying you have none?
Gen Z: No, I have ambition. It just ends at doing good work, getting paid well, and protecting my peace.