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by thriftwy 3379 days ago
> THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN GROWING

If the college provides same service while extorting twice as much money, this means that economy grows, but people become poorer, more indebted and strained. The economy might be growing; but WE don't.

> Do you realize that more people going to college than ever before is good?

But when they graduate they have worse employment prospects than High School graduates 40 years ago.

> Do you realize that '2G to 4G' is economic growth?

But how many participate in it as makers and not just as consumers?

When Interstates happened, a lot of people made them with their hands. But now, very few people are directly involved in the 2G to 4G transition and are proud for it. The others just feel like a passengers in a fast moving bus without any control of the route, or, for that reason, trip safety.

> Jesus H Christ you can now chose the gender and eye colour of your offspring

But can you afford it today as a middle-income person? If you can't, it's not there yet. What's the engagement numbers?

> You do realize that the iPhone/Android/Facebook are only 10 years old?

...but I liked more what was before them. I would have preferred N900 and LiveJournal, too bad I don't have this choice realistically. Talk about bus passengers.

> Do you realize that the amount of air travel in the world has doubled in the last little while?

How many people are making it happen? And not on the crappy jobs such as flight attendants? Wait - now even the pilots have their jobs unsatisfactory thanks to long hours and bad pay.

> When you hit your 30's

I'm 32.