probably is. I wouldn’t want to be a pro gamer.

And yet I read in this very thread that Korean teams make players sign contracts about this stuff.

Yea, especially when they seize productive enterprises in the name of the “the people” as well as have a President fully committed to socialism. Come on man.

Good luck raising those taxes.

The greatest athletes of our time across a number of professional sports have managed to maintain (at least to outward appearances) happy marriages,

Simply spending 12 hours does not give me an advantage

If you are spending 12 hours a day on a thing, and I am spending 8 hours a day on the thing and 4 hours on other things, chances are you will be better at it than me.

interesting idea! Although I fear the ways in which companies would get around what is legally called a “robot.”

That is one POV (and the school’s, which is what matters). On the other hand, the HC obviously felt like he was protecting his players from a shady guy. If a guy is good enough to be recruited by Alabama he is good enough to be recruited by lots of teams.

so maybe people should actually describe that middle ground in terms of policy and rates instead of using vague terminology like “spread the wealth” or Obama’s fave, “fair share.” Because very very bad things have happened to people under the guise of “spreading the wealth.”

How do we fight against it? Serious question. If a company wants to build robots I am not sure what we can do about it, as companies ostensibly have the freedom to run their businesses in a way they see fit.

the same dynamics that drive down the earning power of regular workers also raises the pay of CEOs and other high level people. If a CEO directs a massive outsourcing or automation initiative that results in more efficiency, the CEO reaps the reward while a lot of rank and file are out on their ass.

No, it doesn’t do that, it just convinces McDonald’s to invest in touch screen ordering systems faster.

So he’s considering quitting right now?

“spreading the wealth” worked out great for Venezuela, as long as you don’t get shot waiting on line for toilet paper.

Yea that’s a terrible idea.

I have seen the utterly insane and sclerotic real estate market in the Bay Area, where it’s very hard to get new building done and as such what is there is priced so high.

The amount of ultra rich people who bought up huge places as money laundering schemes is pretty small overall, and in places that are going to be ungodly expensive anyway. And that market collapsed a few years ago as realtors ran out of crooked Chinese politicians and Russian oligarchs to sell to. That said I am fine…

I grew up renting, had to move a number of times because we couldn’t afford the rent anymore, that’s life. Just because you lived in a city for 15 years doesn’t mean you are entitled to live there the next 15.

I’m not sure why any private citizens would, other than to increase the value of their own home?