And in that time productivity has more than doubled but more than half the wealth from that has gone to the top 1%.

Your math isn't wrong but it is only relevant because we haven't been allow to invest out gains back into our society

I mean it isn't Just the 2 years. It's that we are going in the WRONG direction. All this work. Over generations. And we are going backwards!?

We aren't working to invest in the progress of our people but the continue subjugation of ourselves and our children to be exploited by a minority Owner Class.

We know that by 2035 something will have to give. Everyone who is going to pay into it is born already, and we know who will be retiring and how long they will live on average between now and then.

Unless we drastically increase our young legal immigrant labor force, increase retirement age, reduce benefits, or add funds another way, that Asset Reserves line will start and exponential decline.

It isnt a trivial matter, but if we do something now, it may never be an issue. But it is a real and valid problem that is getting worse everyday.

I definitely wish companies did a better job of prioritizing and investing in their ability to Learn using analytics but the few companies that have made a point to do that are the same ones doing layoffs right now. Sooo..

Companies are definitely tightening the belt strap as they expect the economy to slow down, and at the least as money becomes more expensive so they need to manage their debts and investments better. Lots of analytics work is sadly not considered as fundamental to core operations and so often a place that feels this pain more.

In the latest reorg I had the option of moving to a fancy new AI/ML team or a very boring data tagging and implementation team. I took the latter knowing full well it was seen as a critical requirement, where the AI/ML analytics insights team is more of a 'Nice to Have'. I'm pretty confident that there will be a new series of layoffs at my company end of spring early summer, and I would not be surprised if I survive them entirely based on what team I chose.

That being said, it can also get harder as you advance in your career, there are less and less overall positions as you move up to more senior roles. The industry is still fairly young all things considered but we do have a much larger generation of experienced individuals in the field than we did even just 5-10 years ago.

Making more money doesnt really mean you'll have more deductions. There arent too many deductions someone who isnt close to retirement would likely be taking. If you have student loans, alimony, and a mortgage, or also some kids, then it could add up, but you dont have to be making a lot of money for most of those to be true. Even with some mortgages with the low interest rates until recently, the standard deduction may be more in some cases.

WHAAAT I COULDNT HEAR YOU OVER THE WOOOOOOMS!!!?!?!

'Could' is doing a lot of fucking work in this. Sure we have the technology but it isnt going to be productionalize and cost effective, even if it was, it wouldnt be fully replacing the chore 100%

*Gestures to the roomba trapped in the corner*

This amounts to nothing more than 'We will have fancier appliances over the next 10 years' No fucking duh

assessing optimal ball psi

Yes you are responsible to keep track of your keys. This is true for hundreds of services, and essentially all technical services. This is on a companies IT to properly manage their property. No one else

No they didn't. You can wipe the machine and reset it.

He rolled on his clients. The real issue is that this is the 'side door'. The backdoor is still fucking there and wide open for anyone who pays

They didn't call it the side door for no reason after all. The back door was already a thing

This needs to be contextualized

What is the expected demand over the same time period for each region?

For all we know the power demand growth rate out paces these capacity increases. Though I doubt it, it is an additional line needed to actually determine the impact of this capacity increase

I once bribed a sibling with a milk shake for a 1 turn alliance.

You can play as a computer game now, I think for free. Helps it go much faster. 15 to 45 minutes I'd guess. All the dice rolling and figure moving taken away speeds it up a ton

CenturyLink did this to me. They all love pulling this crap