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All mathematic exposition feels that way.

Somewhat off topic rant, but am I the only one who find mathematical notation unnecessarily obtuse?

The bit that gets me is defining degree as n-1. For someone without a mathematical background, it takes a bit of pondering to figure out that you have to define n as one more than the actual degree, the opposite of what seems natrual. My mind at least just wants to think about n as the degree, and use n+1 as the last index. To me it seems aggressively unintuitive.

I guess you want to align the coefficient numbers but would it be a sin to define another index c = n-1 for that purpose?

But I'm a mathematical lightweight and maybe mathematical thinking is all about this. Perhaps some greater talent can correct my thinking.

All you're doing here is associating your hopes and dreams with grifters and charlatans.

They should be mocked and called out, it might leave room for actual innovators who aren't glossy incompetents and bullshitters.

This is nonsense. Not mentioned is that Greece has borrowed excessively and had defaulted on its loans. A bailout was organized by the EU and IMF with terms that Greece had every opportunity to reject. No one forced anything on Greece. The referendum was not binding and political theater for the government of the time.

That Greece accepted the terms reflected the reality that the alternative was much worse and would have caused great suffering for Greeks.

The large carriers, created through mergers that should never have been allowed, have the most popular routes locked up through ownership of landing/takeoff slots and similar. On those routes, fares have substantially increased due to a lack of competition.

The low cost carriers business model is to fly new routes (to secondary airports if required) at low prices, often creating new demand (Breeze is a classic example of this).

The math is very straight forward if you consider what each group is doing in the market.

Average airfare isn't a useful stat in this respect. What would be useful is comparing fares for individual routes over the years, which would tell a different story.

Average fares are skewed by low cost carriers entering the market.

That's not what I'm talking about. It's the notion that if you get the corrupt to justify their actions that you'll somehow avoid corruption.

Fixing corruption involves people refusing to put up with corruption.

This is the sort of bureaucratic nonsense people actually rail against.

You're assuming you'd get something truthful or informative out of that process, when in reality you'll get the opposite due to the inherit (dis)incentives.

More broadly, ignorance and stupidity amongst the general population benefit some politicians.

> If you travel internationally you get the added fun of dealing with border agents

That's avoidable. If you are a citizen of an advanced economy flying to another you can just use the automatic passport gates.