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  • From my, admittedly limited, interaction with mathematicians in my life and a bit of extrapolation:

    1. Academia: teach advanced mathematics and do research in mathematics for a university. There’s still lots of unsolved problems in math and also plenty of overlap with computer science, which also has lots of research possibilities
    2. Public sector: governments of all levels need at least statisticians, if not more specific mathematics skills depending on what they’re trying to do (e.g. research, engineering, economics, etc.)
    3. Private sector: lots of engineering companies employ a few mathematicians or at least physicists who are really good at math to make sure their next bridge/plane/ocean-boiler will actually work

    There’s a lot of overlap between all three but I roughly split them up based on where I’d expect the majority of jobs like that would be (e.g. I’m sure NASA employs a good deal of mathematicians, but so does Lockheed Martin and friends). Also a lot of people get a degree in mathematics and then specialize further with a masters and/or doctorate in computer science or physics, since both of those can be quite math-heavy and are better-funded fields.





  • Do you still hangout with your childhood friends? Would you want to marry them years later? Socioeconomic status changes how people treat you, including people you already have existing relationships with. It can also affect how you treat other people if you’re not a very good person. And unfortunately a lot of not-very-good people are rich and/or famous because it requires the willingness to exploit others for personal gain.

    Imagine you’re a famous person. Many people who are less famous than you now want to be you. Many other people now dislike you just because you’re famous (or maybe because some bad thing you did got covered in the media which any regular person would get away with). How do you find people who aren’t in one of those two categories to not only befriend, but date? The easiest way is to find someone in similar circumstances as you: a similar level of famous and/or rich. Sure, there are other ways, but they’re harder.



  • Varying levels of disappointed for me.

    Others elected a very pro-suburbia mayor who is slowly making our city worse for people who rely on transit (like me).

    The provincial government is somehow worse. The leader is very corrupt, which anyone voting should’ve predicted since he used to be a drug dealer… (and also this is his second term)

    Federal government just gave a standing ovation to Charlie Kirk so… yeah they’re winning for being the worst right now. Sadly enough that was the only leader I actually voted in support of. Every politician in the room when that happened should resign. It’s now the second time many of them have applauded a Nazi in that room (and this time they definitely knew he was a Nazi).


  • Technically free education and universal healthcare are more communist than socialist (as in, they achieve communal control/ownership over them instead of just social ownership). But broadly, communism is a form of socialism so…

    And before anyone says that either of those examples aren’t controlled/owned by the government, let me point out that having a monopoly on who pays for something is an awful lot of control over it. You even see this with (nongovernmental) health insurance; they exert a lot of control on what doctors do by saying what they will and won’t pay for. Ownership is just the end game of control.


  • NGram@piefed.catoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    5 months ago

    I don’t. Personally I think it has led to more proxy wars, as the stability-instability paradox suggests. I think the amount of actual aggression went down after WWII, but has since recovered and surpassed pre-WWII levels. But now everyone is afraid of declaring war on nuclear powers, so they’ll let the nuclear country get away with genocide or other atrocities instead. Look at Israel and Russia right now for easy examples. Seems like the winning strategy now is to convince your adversaries that you’re crazy enough to launch your nukes and then you can do whatever you want without other countries taking a strong enough stance to stop you. That’s not peace, that’s nuclear intimidation. I don’t even see a peaceful way out of it.