Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers. — Marco Rubio, Florida Senator and presidential candidate
I guess who is 'we' and what is the nature of the need? I don't need another welder or another philosopher. Of course plenty of people believe that unless you are contributing to capitalism by earning and spending more or being part of production then you are not reaching your potential.Do we need more welders and less philosophers? — Sapientia
Research does change somewhat over time, the last I read was that your happiness increases with your income until it reaches a certain threshold (I think it was around $75k in the US) and after that doesn't increase with income. The hypothesis was that money normally plays a negative role on your happiness, once the stress of not having enough disappears then extra money doesn't make too much difference. Some people that are very wealthy have more happiness because of it, not because of spending it but because it contributes to their satisfaction that they have had success.But how much money - if any - is required to live a good life? — Sapientia
Rubio is clearly in favour of vocational education, even going so far as favouring it at the expense of academic educution. Is he right to do so? — Sapientia
Do we need more welders and less philosophers? Is the amount of money that a job makes the only thing to consider here? Is it the primary thing to consider? Does and should financial status take precedence over other societal and individual concerns and values when considering the relative importance and prioritisation of jobs? — Sapientia
Rubio talks about making enough money to live a good life. But how much money - if any - is required to live a good life? — Sapientia
Cynicism and Stoicism come to mind as rejecting the particular sort of reasoning and values of those such as Rubio, regardless of their popularity — Sapientia
I guess who is 'we' and what is the nature of the need? I don't need another welder or another philosopher. Of course plenty of people believe that unless you are contributing to capitalism by earning and spending more or being part of production then you are not reaching your potential. — shmik
Research does change somewhat over time, the last I read was that your happiness increases with your income until it reaches a certain threshold (I think it was around $75k in the US) and after that doesn't increase with income. The hypothesis was that money normally plays a negative role on your happiness, once the stress of not having enough disappears then extra money doesn't make too much difference. Some people that are very wealthy have more happiness because of it, not because of spending it but because it contributes to their satisfaction that they have had success.
One more thing, happiness has a very large genetic. To live the good life its a start to have good genes. — shmik
Philosophy and welding are not mutually exclusive activities. — Soylent
Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers. — Marco Rubio, Florida Senator and presidential candidate — Sapientia
Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers. — Marco Rubio, Florida Senator and presidential candidate
I'm not seeing nearly enough welds in this thread. It is clearly dominated by philosophers. Think how much better it would be, stronger and more solid, if the posts were properly welded instead of being cobbled together with flimsy ideas. — unenlightened
Think how much better it would be, stronger and more solid, if the posts were properly welded instead of being cobbled together with flimsy ideas. — unenlightened
Isn't this a philosophical statement? — darthbarracuda
As an aside, I used to work in production and one of the tasks was soldering. If you're doing through-hole soldering then you can do it on autopilot the whole time, it's extremely repetitive. The only upside to the work (besides the money) was that I could listen to my ipod while doing it. I probably listened to over 100 hours of philosophy lectures while soldering. I also managed to get in some law, psychology and almost anything else that would pass the time.I used to do a lot of welding, industrial, automotive, house and ship repair. A lot of the time, especially on long heavy welds, you start running on auto-pilot after a while. That gives you plenty of time to contemplate the workings of the universe. — Sir2u
I probably listened to over 100 hours of philosophy lectures while soldering. I also managed to get in some law, psychology and almost anything else that would pass the time. — shmik
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