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Risk aversion
German tank problem
Futurology
Paleodemography
Value theory
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Extremely lucky. If I was born in the future or past I would have very different values.
I am going to need to change it, because my values are changing and my wife doesn't want to keep living in Chile.
JMJon Miller-
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Extremely Lucky:
I am the leading or the second to the leading Neutrino Physicist in Chile (and they probably want to go into Neutrino Physics in the future)
I have a wife who I love
I and my family are reasonably healthy
I have a daughter who I love
I make a very high salary for Chile (and a moderate salary for the US; low for my classmates/peers in the US though)
I have a large travel budget and am likely to have a large research budget in the future
I have low minimum requirements to maintain my position (teaching 1 easy class a year (will go up to 2), 6 months in Chile a year, approximately 20 hours of work per week , learn Spanish (haven't done this yet)) enabling me to follow my inspiration (I spend a lot more time than that working on following my inspiration, that is my estimated minimum time)
I am doing physics
On the other hand, why should I get so much out of life when my family members (wife's and mine) are lacking opportunity due to their financial situations? Which I could help with if I had a higher salary. And my wife wants to start her career and not in Chile, so does not intend to spend even 3 months in Chile in the future.
JMLast edited by Jon Miller; October 25, 2015, 12:43.Jon Miller-
I AM.CANADIAN
GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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I am extremely lucky that I wasn't born in the past where I'd have less access to drugs and they wouldn't have much use for a computer programmer (there might be some other skilled profession I'd be good at, but odds are I'd be born as a serf and it's not likely that somebody would say "hey that serf is good at math let's have him do something mathy" or whatever), and I'm extremely lucky that I wasn't born in the future where I might have better access to drugs but would probably wind up being eaten by radioactive mutants.<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures
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NeitherAre you extremely lucky or extremely unlucky to live the life that you do?
Tamsin (Lost Girl): "I am the Harbinger of Death. I arrive on winds of blessed air. Air that you no longer deserve."
Tamsin (Lost Girl): "He has fallen in battle and I must take him to the Einherjar in Valhalla"Comment
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Unlucky. My only marketable skills are applicable solely to space piracy.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
"Capitalism ho!"Comment
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I'm blessed.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Jon Miller-
I AM.CANADIAN
GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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Originally posted by Jon Miller View PostNo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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No luck involved in where I am. I started from the bottom and worked day and night to get my whole team here .
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I don't play right now and haven't for a couple of years.
JMJon Miller-
I AM.CANADIAN
GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Way lucky!To The Hijack Police: I don't know what you are talking about. I didn't do it. I wasn't there. I don't even own a computer.Comment
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I wouldn't be here if not for Hitler. So I'm lucky. But also, lots of people had to die for me to be here.
I'm okay with that
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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