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halfgod50zilla t1_j21ze08 wrote
I know it isnt your specific question, but I worked during the California Wildfires. They brought in extra beds. If you werent asleep you were working. My shifts could last about 34 hrs before I had to sleep. I could only do that I think twice. Everything else was more of a rotating 20 hrs shift. 20 on, 6 to 10 off. And I mean that for everyone, I wasnt there for more than 4 or 5 days if memory serves me right.
I know the literature says you cant make up for lack of sleep, but I had about 8 days off after that scenario and slept for most of it.
Jarlentium t1_j21yxq1 wrote
Reply to What is the timeline of star death? by jfgallay
So the relevance is that the amount of mass in the star is what creates the pressure required to create fusion on increasingly heavier elements. So the bigger the star, the heavier the elements it can eventually trigger a fusion reaction with.
MrSamsonite t1_j21ybxl wrote
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Economics has no good of its own. It's just a series of ideas.
cliff_smiff t1_j21x7wv wrote
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Is Economics a science?
MrSamsonite t1_j21x59s wrote
Reply to comment by viper5delta in Ask Anything Wednesday - Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, Anthropology by AutoModerator
Good question!
First off, there never was a barter system in any significant way (ie, "I've got one goat and you've got some clogs and we exchange them"). Rather, the assumption that there always must have been a sort of market exchange of goods is modern society projecting its own beliefs onto the past.
In the example above, most tribal societies wouldn't see it as you owning a goat and me owning some clogs. Instead, they would like see us as having (or having access to) a goat and some clogs. If the tribe had things available to it, members of the tribe wouldn't be excluded from them. Concepts like private property, individual ownership and the pursuit of maximizing individual wealth as we know them today are much, much more recent.
One thing to note about most ideas of Anarchist society is that it's very communal (which may seem counterintuitive to people who think anarchy = chaos). The idea is that people work for the benefit of all (which includes themselves) rather than for themselves (which may exclude others).
You're right that such a system would likely gain some efficiency by quantifying labor or goods and services, but that doesn't require money. The key tenet of money that you're missing is that some individual or group owns that abstraction of value (and others do not own it). In a well-functioning anarchist society, the idea is that you wouldn't pay for food or housing or healthcare, for example; rather, these things would be available to you because the members of the society work to provide them to all according to their need.
Obviously there are lots of complexities and uncertainties that such a society would need to navigate, but the main thrust is that if we abolish private property, there is no longer a role for money to play.
Notarobot-Notamonkey t1_j21wck1 wrote
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Are we really carnivores, herbivores or both?
lcenine t1_j21veig wrote
Reply to comment by chazwomaq in Ask Anything Wednesday - Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, Anthropology by AutoModerator
Thank you so much!
So there is no more specific word? That is a little frustrating.
I am going to coin a few words that will make linguists cry as it will separate bits of the Greek but still have relevance:
Viewmonic: A visual reference to remember something important, specifically a visual clue to remind oneself of something that needs to be accomplished.
1: A specific landmark that is followed in directions. (e.g., :"After the large tree on the corner, take the third right".)
2: An item placed in an odd location as a reminder to do something specific. (e.g., "The large red bow wrapped around the door handle reminded them to get their lunch before leaving for work".)
Cuemonic: As above.
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Zebulon_Flex t1_j21utec wrote
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That makes sense. Do you think that economics will ever be "solved"? Like with computer simulations or something?
Khashab29 t1_j21ust8 wrote
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Thank you all for the suggestions, I’ll have to check them out!
Agha_shadi t1_j21uag0 wrote
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why the currency crisis doesn't necessarily lead to the government's collapse? (Venezuela/Iran)
TwentyninthDigitOfPi t1_j21ty8f wrote
Reply to comment by PeanutSalsa in Ask Anything Wednesday - Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, Anthropology by AutoModerator
It's just like learning any other language. It's got grammar, vocabulary, and a writing system. What kind of answer are you looking for?
DickButtDO t1_j21twpa wrote
Reply to comment by Modernfallout20 in How do shifts work on really long medical operations? by TerjiD
Are nurses and techs doing 24 hour shifts? I've never seen that...
Iced____0ut t1_j21tcqz wrote
Reply to comment by Wireeeee in How do shifts work on really long medical operations? by TerjiD
Just have to make yourself a victim? I said you should not, as in that isn’t a typical symptom of 30 hours awake.
You might want to look into your health if you are having that response to 30 hours awake.
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Additional-Fee1780 t1_j21swnj wrote
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The one that goes, “There’s a place called France where the naked ladies dance”? It was made up for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
Additional-Fee1780 t1_j21sqcq wrote
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Probably as soon as it a) could see and b) realized what was happening.
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Additional-Fee1780 t1_j21s8wc wrote
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Philip Cohen the sociologist, who is generally pretty pro-poor, eviscerated that book on his blog. Her findings are implausible and her methods suck. (And she has BO and her mom is fat.)
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NatLawson t1_j21ziei wrote
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Is Donald Trump a serial insurrectionist?