01 Jul 09
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Two people shared in 53 million bux over the weekend, here downunder.
At US 80c = 1AU$ thats still 42.4 million large dollars, which I suppose for many would sort of qualify as being the answer to the question on the meaning of life and everything. Yet it begs the question, how much money is enough?
Without a philosophy or a fundamental belief to center yourself, can money or the spending of huge amounts of cash, on whatever program of infrastructure or social equity ever solve any of life's endemic sociatal problems and inequities?
01 Jul 09
Originally posted by kmax87I think there's an inherent drive within most of us to want to "make the world a better place" or "resist those forces that are making the world a worse place". It's the reason most people care about a whole bunch of things that don't have any direct impact on their own lives.
Two people shared in 53 million bux over the weekend, here downunder.
At US 80c = 1AU$ thats still 42.4 million large dollars, which I suppose for many would sort of qualify as being the answer to the question on the meaning of life and everything. Yet it begs the question, how much money is enough?
Without a philosophy or a fundamental belief to cente ...[text shortened]... rastructure or social equity ever solve any of life's endemic sociatal problems and inequities?
If you could wave a magic wand and create a perfect world where there weren't any problems of any kind, I'm sure most people would immediately come up with a bunch of ideas for "making improvements"
01 Jul 09
Originally posted by kmax87I wouldn't quit my job. I'd keep doing it for nothing. How does one measure the Quality Of Life Quotient of that?
Two people shared in 53 million bux over the weekend, here downunder.
At US 80c = 1AU$ thats still 42.4 million large dollars, which I suppose for many would sort of qualify as being the answer to the question on the meaning of life and everything. Yet it begs the question, how much money is enough?
Without a philosophy or a fundamental belief to cente ...[text shortened]... rastructure or social equity ever solve any of life's endemic sociatal problems and inequities?
01 Jul 09
Originally posted by FMFDivision by nothing tends to increase the value of a function without limit such that at the limit the result would tend towards infinity. Unfortunately for the binary set the return is recorded simply as NAN. (not a number-go figure!)
I wouldn't quit my job. I'd keep doing it for nothing. How does one measure the Quality Of Life Quotient of that?
01 Jul 09
Originally posted by kmax87If money itself is the root of all evil, then spending more of it should only make existing problems worse.
Two people shared in 53 million bux over the weekend, here downunder.
At US 80c = 1AU$ thats still 42.4 million large dollars, which I suppose for many would sort of qualify as being the answer to the question on the meaning of life and everything. Yet it begs the question, how much money is enough?
Without a philosophy or a fundamental belief to cente ...[text shortened]... rastructure or social equity ever solve any of life's endemic sociatal problems and inequities?
01 Jul 09
Originally posted by kmax87No. The human heart causes human suffering. Money is little more than asprin -- it occasionally tales the edge off.
Two people shared in 53 million bux over the weekend, here downunder.
At US 80c = 1AU$ thats still 42.4 million large dollars, which I suppose for many would sort of qualify as being the answer to the question on the meaning of life and everything. Yet it begs the question, how much money is enough?
Without a philosophy or a fundamental belief to cente ...[text shortened]... rastructure or social equity ever solve any of life's endemic sociatal problems and inequities?
01 Jul 09
Originally posted by kmax87I'd go back to teaching full time. I taught full time until I got married and had to make enough money to pay the mortgage and clothe and feed my wife and kids. Teaching has always been my calling.
Two people shared in 53 million bux over the weekend, here downunder.
At US 80c = 1AU$ thats still 42.4 million large dollars, which I suppose for many would sort of qualify as being the answer to the question on the meaning of life and everything. Yet it begs the question, how much money is enough?
Without a philosophy or a fundamental belief to cente ...[text shortened]... rastructure or social equity ever solve any of life's endemic sociatal problems and inequities?
02 Jul 09
Originally posted by sh76Well you could always still satisfy that urge by moonlighting as an on-line lecturer. 😉
I'd go back to teaching full time. I taught full time until I got married and had to make enough money to pay the mortgage and clothe and feed my wife and kids. Teaching has always been my calling.
02 Jul 09
Originally posted by sh76What did you teach?
I'd go back to teaching full time. I taught full time until I got married and had to make enough money to pay the mortgage and clothe and feed my wife and kids. Teaching has always been my calling.
What lucrative, but stultifying, career did you give up teaching for?
02 Jul 09
Originally posted by rwingettMath, science and law. Jr. High/ HS level, mostly.
What did you teach?
What lucrative, but stultifying, career did you give up teaching for?
I gave it up to become a practicing lawyer (though I still teach some). It probably doesn't help that I practice the most boring area of law imaginable... but I miss being in the classroom.
02 Jul 09
Originally posted by sh76I taught five semesters at a local community college. Perspective drawing. But I gave it all up for a life of forum posting. It pays about the same.
Math, science and law. Jr. High/ HS level, mostly.
I gave it up to become a practicing lawyer (though I still teach some). It probably doesn't help that I practice the most boring area of law imaginable... but I miss being in the classroom.