A Boring Dystopia

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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/48672020

Hustle? In this gig economy?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Q: What career would you like to pursue? A: art or music

Q: are you ok with ..(see post) A: no

What this tells the student is that you may want to reconsider your path if you're not cool with a bit of uncertainty.

If the person was cool with those stakes for the sake of their passion, then fuckin right on dude

If you present the decision tree with a series of Boolean options, a correct or incorrect approach makes sense. Again, this shit was a thing back in the 90s and it was all about guiding kids by showing them a gentle reality of choices. Not dystopian at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

If you say this weirdness was/is a thing, I can only take your word for it.