That's land per amount of crops. The number of human crop-eaters is going like this:
That doesn't allow for "mothballing arable land".
I'm not sure where you live or work, but that's not how it works in most places. There is no ladder to climb. You will never be promoted or given a raise. If you want better pay, you need to switch jobs. This is why millennials change jobs every couple years. If you start as a junior designer, the only way to become an intermediate designer is to get a job at a different company.Someone with a basic science bachelor's is probably better off going to work for less entry money at a business that promotes from within. Overall, growth potential is severely overlooked causing people to pass on jobs with low pay and low prestige. And many business owners are desperate for a decent employee to climb the ladder.
I'm not sure where you live or work, but that's not how it works in most places. There is no ladder to climb. You will never be promoted or given a raise. If you want better pay, you need to switch jobs. This is why millennials change jobs every couple years. If you start as a junior designer, the only way to become an intermediate designer is to get a job at a different company.
Point (1) eliminates all career-driven and family-oriented men and women. People with families do things for the money because that's what a responsible adult does.Anybody whose livelihood (business owner, franchisee, etc.) directly depends on the quality of people that work for them (i.e. not just needing a body to do a rote task) is going to need someone who actually cares about the fruits of their labor (1) to the customer instead of to their bank account. And, short of that, many are desperate enough for people who can (2)piss in a cup once a month without marijuana in it.
People are weird. My neighbor on one side has a son in his early thirties who is living in his basement and playing video games. My neighbors on the other side have four sons who until recently were all living at home and not working. (One finally broke, found a job, and moved out of state.) Maybe sex isn't as good as it used to be . . .
Point (1) eliminates all career-driven and family-oriented men and women. People with families do things for the money because that's what a responsible adult does.
Point (2) eliminates all non-family people.
By having a low starting wage and drug monthly testing, it effectively excludes the entire US population. If you're doing drug testing on employees, you need to pay at least $30/h starting. The more absurd the employer's demands are, the higher the wage needs to be.
I find it odd that a country founded on the notion that the purpose of government is to promote life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is in fact a country full of economic slaves. I wonder what happened to our vaunted, 'it is the right of the people to change all that'. If a job is required to lead a normal life, then it is the duty of the government to insure full employment for all who wish for that. Why do we not for example tear down our haphazardly grown cities and rebuild them based on a full range of scientific principles?
Why? I own one of California's largest Payday Loan Advance and Check Cashing Services and business is booming. We sell hope and dreams. As a child I was fascinated by ant lions.Move to Venezuela.
I find it odd that a country founded on the notion that the purpose of government is to promote life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is in fact a country full of economic slaves. I wonder what happened to our vaunted, 'it is the right of the people to change all that'. If a job is required to lead a normal life, then it is the duty of the government to insure full employment for all who wish for that. Why do we not for example tear down our haphazardly grown cities and rebuild them based on a full range of scientific principles?
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.Most people aren't economic slaves, they're willing participants so that they may earn a little more $$$$$ for the purpose of consumption. Addicts might be a better way of putting it. Curious how you propose to guarantee full employment for every single person wanting it, or how you even define "full employment" (minimum wage at 40 hrs/wk? good luck getting people to take that).
Amend that, it has declined slightly. You were correct. The productivity of the land has exploded in response to the warming climate brought about by the man injecting carbon into the atmosphere. My original chart showed the MASSIVE and INCREDIBLE rise in productivity. I interpreted incorrectly and inferred that there had been a massive decline in farmland. There has been a measureable decline in farmland but it probably does not rise to the level of "massive".
It's not our job to care. We are hired to do a task and get paid for it. Anything outside of doing a task or getting compensation for said task can only lead to lower morale and higher turnover.1. Employers insufficiently seek to understand and address the needs and values of the employee
2. Employees insufficiently seek to understand and address the needs and values of the employer
If you endeavor to explore realization #2 instead of assuming it invalidates realization #1, I suspect your views on this subject will change dramatically.
It's not our job to care. We are hired to do a task and get paid for it. Anything outside of doing a task or getting compensation for said task can only lead to lower morale and higher turnover.
None of my business really, but what was that all about? What I heard was a person stating the reality she believes she lived through. She quit the place she spoke of so how does that equal living in hell for the rest of your life. My personal feeling is that you are angry that people don't have an attitude you believe would save them from despair and that they reject what you see as hope. Would that make your hope any less hopeful if it is hopeful in fact? Wouldn't real hope be impervious to challenge? Do I misunderstand?If you want to be trapped in hell for the rest of your life, by all means continue. Just quit whining about it.
My grandson/son - I adopted him - received his degree in biochemistry/chemistry from UCSD and was faced with a dilemma. Should he go on to get his PhD or go about finding work in his field. I gave him my opinion which was to do research into the companies in the area who are into the latest technology and apply there first. Then go about getting his MBA and if he's not into academics (teaching) do the PhD later. He was a manager at Game Stop during his studies which provided him with valuable experience applicable to any environment and to couple that with a MBA would provide him with his greatest talent aside from his expertise in Chemistry stuff. He chose a company that develops testing devices for various diseases and was hired right away and makes more $ than he expected while he does his MBA studies at night. At 25 years old he's quite the go getter. It seems that the folks running the company are all oriented toward Chemical engineering and Bio/Chemistry but not too heavy into the more mundane aspects of business like organizing stuff and he fits right in. IOW, the fact he went to UCSD and graduated in their field with honors got him into the door and his management skills advanced him up the ladder.I have a degree in chemistry and can confirm this. $13/h was pretty typical for college level lab work and knowledge of how to operate GC-MS machines that cost more than a house. I had to switch careers because the first one was such a disaster. I still communicate with some of my chemistry class mates, and every single one of them has left that field. There's simply no demand for anything technical. Chemists and physicists are some of the most well rounded individuals you will ever meet, but there's no demand for any kind of skilled labor. You'll get paid more to deliver furniture than you will with most STEM degrees.
We do seem to be reaching a point where there's not enough work to do. In the engineering office, at least 50% of our time is down time. An underground tunnel system for a city with 250k residents can be done by 5 guys with computers. We would love to actually do 40 hours of design and CAD work, but there's no demand for it. What the hell are we supposed to do with thousands of new engineers graduating every year? There's no work for them.
Wow! That seems quite the harsh response to the linked comment. And, not actually very responsive. But that is an opinion and I'd assume you've some underlying rationalization not apparent so I'll leave it there.If you want to be trapped in hell for the rest of your life, by all means continue. Just quit whining about it.
Now that sounds just like what Brother Timothy would say to which I'd say that I know what its like here in hell so heaven must be the opposite. Tim was a highly educated (PhD) in brain stuff and quoted all sorts of stuff that controlled what we thought and how we acted. Jungian stuff. Well... I've but one brain and everything I've ever inculcated into that brain remains. It is all about how I assemble all that data into information that counts. Like your theory on the size of the Amawhatever and how it controls differently the same data others of lesser Amawhatever encounter.Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. We can make that job one. You do know, don't you, what it is like in heaven?
Perhaps that's my problem. I lack ambition so everything seems worthless to me. Of course having no ambition requires a lot of work. I do vow to save all sentient beings, but vows can vary from deadly aim to keeping your fingers crossed.Now that sounds just like what Brother Timothy would say to which I'd say that I know what its like here in hell so heaven must be the opposite. Tim was a highly educated (PhD) in brain stuff and quoted all sorts of stuff that controlled what we thought and how we acted. Jungian stuff. Well... I've but one brain and everything I've ever inculcated into that brain remains. It is all about how I assemble all that data into information that counts. Like your theory on the size of the Amawhatever and how it controls differently the same data others of lesser Amawhatever encounter.
Hamburger sees the same data as you do but seems to arrive at a different opinion. I guess there must be a gazillion factors that are influences on the data all residing in the brain but in different amounts among the population. The question might be something like, what can one expect other than differences when two or more people observe the same thing.
When confronted with a math problem I don't simply work to solve it but, rather, solve and apply it... Seems to be the reasonable thing to do but others might be happy with arriving at the solution to the math... I figure if it is without application its not worth the effort. hehehehe
My grandson/son - I adopted him - received his degree in biochemistry/chemistry from UCSD and was faced with a dilemma. Should he go on to get his PhD or go about finding work in his field. I gave him my opinion which was to do research into the companies in the area who are into the latest technology and apply there first. Then go about getting his MBA and if he's not into academics (teaching) do the PhD later. He was a manager at Game Stop during his studies which provided him with valuable experience applicable to any environment and to couple that with a MBA would provide him with his greatest talent aside from his expertise in Chemistry stuff. He chose a company that develops testing devices for various diseases and was hired right away and makes more $ than he expected while he does his MBA studies at night. At 25 years old he's quite the go getter. It seems that the folks running the company are all oriented toward Chemical engineering and Bio/Chemistry but not too heavy into the more mundane aspects of business like organizing stuff and he fits right in. IOW, the fact he went to UCSD and graduated in their field with honors got him into the door and his management skills advanced him up the ladder.
So... I'd say you should find a company that is going somewhere and needs your talents. I read you worked at a paint store and construction and other places that are foreign to your Chemistry expertise. You must enjoy Chemistry so try to stay in that general field. Kyle spent 5 years getting his degree and although he worked while doing that he was not about to stay with Game Stop regardless of offers from them to stay. He'll get his MBA and will get his PhD in time but in the meantime he is happy as a rat in a cheese factory with his future planned and all in his hands.
I hope you find your objective too!
She might be happy as a clam doing what she's doing and has no interest in other stuff. I think we are unique in what we will enjoy doing. I know for me it was back a long time ago. While in grad school I carried the US Mail and although I was fully motivated to get the final degree and the expertise that implies the carrying of the mail never left my thinking. Even today some 46 years later I wish I had never left the Post Office. Nothing ever gave me the same feeling ... well maybe teaching at the University might have but not as adjunct. Folks often say that as a mail man I would make a fraction of what I earned in my field but ya know... money never entered or altered my thinking. Still doesn't! I guess the question is; why does the Artist choose to paint and live like a peasant when she could pursue a field in which she was educated in. I'd hope for everyone the notion that happy is as happy does.My daughter recently received her Masters (Summa Cum Laude) in Forensics with a minor in Organic Chem. She's presently employed in research and I will pass on to her your advice.
Thanks much. :thumbs up:
It's not our job to care. We are hired to do a task and get paid for it. Anything outside of doing a task or getting compensation for said task can only lead to lower morale and higher turnover.
If an employer does drug testing of any kind, it's assumed they have zero interest in running a profitable business.
I'm sorry, what? If you don't enjoy what you do, make a plan to get yourself a job which you do enjoy and execute it. Just to make sure I understand you, you're saying that in general employers who drug test don't want to be profitable? What's your basis for that?
She might be happy as a clam doing what she's doing and has no interest in other stuff. I think we are unique in what we will enjoy doing. I know for me it was back a long time ago. While in grad school I carried the US Mail and although I was fully motivated to get the final degree and the expertise that implies the carrying of the mail never left my thinking. Even today some 46 years later I wish I had never left the Post Office. Nothing ever gave me the same feeling ... well maybe teaching at the University might have but not as adjunct. Folks often say that as a mail man I would make a fraction of what I earned in my field but ya know... money never entered or altered my thinking. Still doesn't! I guess the question is; why does the Artist choose to paint and live like a peasant when she could pursue a field in which she was educated in. I'd hope for everyone the notion that happy is as happy does.