Much of the respect we have for Russian education goes back to the excellent STEM education they had in the Soviet days. This has largely been eroded away in modern times, and much of the technology and infrastructure they have are being held together by Soviet educated older folks.
Yes but I doubt they are getting sent to Ukraine. The ethnic minority regions that Russia keeps dirt poor are sent 70:1 in some cases compared to recruits from Moscow. And I'd bet it's a big ratio also between the well educated and poorly educated in Moscow too.
Yeah then it's more complicated. I'd say as long as you're buying another electric vehicle, it's probably good not to give Musk any more money. But deciding between a gas vehicle or a Tesla, I'd still lean towards Tesla.
That's because most CEO's aren't outright buying media companies to push their political agenda. Musk is drawing a line in the sand and more or less asking everyone to take a side.
Applying this consistently to all daily transactions is not feasible, of course. But if it were, the world would be a much better place. I definitely try to do it where possible, and by focusing on bigger purchasing decisions you can make a bigger difference so the work isn't as much overall as analyzing every tiny transaction.
You'd have zero control over your existence. Someone else would own that station and you'd exist entirely at their whim. They would decide if you get food, air, water, shelter. No real access to nature. I'd rather die.
It will take a very long time indeed before we can reach another habitable planet enough to alleviate an exponentially growing population, and forced birth control will be unpopular, not to mention probably employed as eugenics by those in power against those who aren't.
I didn't mind having something light and built in for when I just wanted quickly to create a little rich text doc and not boot up full fat Word and the corresponding jump in resource usage and file size.
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