VladimirIvanov

There's a paywall. Could only see the first sentence about Civet feces

That's just a lie though. Custom software can be audited. I have first hand experience with this

I'm definitely in no commute camp. My office is less than a 5 minute walk away from my apartment. It's literally a distance of two blocks. I'm in apartment right now for lunch cooking myself a meal.

Bezos also had parents that gave him a several 100 thousand dollar loan that they never expected to be paid back. He's a product of Montessori and Ivy League education. Definitely not a rags to riches story

Companies where vacation time is close to zero will also say they have "unlimited." Always ask the interviewers how much vacation time they took specifically. In my experience they'll try to tell you how "someone" took 4 months of vacation but then omit the fact that no one else has taken more than 4 days and median is 0.

Yes, and it's often enabled by the manager and the rest of the team who allow the 10xer to work from home several days in a row on a sprint until he's changed the code so drastically that only he can understand it

I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Being a top chess or go player in modern times necessitates being a child prodigy. The skill gap in chess and go is enormous. I don't think the number of players is the primary indicator of how difficult it is to be at the "top" of an activity.

It would also dramatically change society as currently valuable social networks that do not improve ability would be abandoned in favor of groups that improve ability. The MBA degree would become irrelevant overnight as it's a very expensive networking and screening process.

I'm in the US and a coworker came to work the next day after giving birth. There is no time allotted for maternity leave and she had already used her vacation time at the beginning of the year before she was pregnant. I was at a charity event with the CEO and he was laughing about it saying."she was born to breed."

I'm in the US and a coworker came to work the next day after giving birth. There is no time allotted for maternity leave and she had already used her vacation time at the beginning of the year before she was pregnant. I was at a charity event with the CEO and he was laughing about it saying."she was born to breed."

Do you remember what the titles of papers? I'd like to read them.

The marginal cost per child has increased dramatically. In developing economies an additional child can sometimes be an asset as they are free labor for a family farm or business. In a developed economy(specifically the USA) the cost per child is primarily driven by educational expenses. College education and also private high school and elementary education. Despite what people say it much more difficult to be successful without a college education. The options for obtaining a college education without your parents money and without student loans are slim. There are two possibilities; military academy/ ROTC program or athletic/academic scholarships. The ROTC military is the most likely one but not everyone is accepted. There are many medical disqualifying conditions such as ADHD ect. So if you are a college graduate and you want your children to have the same life opportunities that you did, then there is a limit to how many children you can have based on your income and net worth.

If you intend to send your child to college then the cost per child is very high. If you don't then the marginal cost per child is very low. Another consideration is whether the mother works and if it's possible for her to keep taking time from work every few years to have additional children. One thing I notice about large families is that they usually do not pay for their children's college education. TLDR - marginal cost per child increases in developed countries.

There are studies that show are an inverse correlation between female fertility and IQ.

When corporations stop using stock buybacks as a tax free mechanism to return value to shareholders