Is your education as valuable as you think it is?
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The power of belief
I'm a huge fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books. In this fictional universe the gods get their power and divinity through the belief of their believers. The more believers the god has, the more powerful the god. But when their believers stop believing in them entirely, the gods disappear. This belief/power dynamic is … Continue reading The power of belief
What if presidents got paid the median wage of their population?
Now that's a question, right? If the president or prime minister of your country received a set salary based on the average wage earned by the average person (that's right -I said the average PERSON - not the average employed adult - children and the retired also have to eat, right?) living in your country, … Continue reading What if presidents got paid the median wage of their population?