nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 it was always for most people an imposed, by cunning, mechanism to reduce employers liabilities, to enable shareholders and executives to picket more money.
Hence the judges had to introduce a new category of worker to explain that apparently "self-employed" were "employees" who evaded social security benefits, whilst they're employees evaded NI contributions.
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Maintaining things in status quo requires a lot of resources. Living things spend a lot of energy on homeostasis, so when overwhelmed collapse suddenly. If you have had the misfortune to watch someone with bacterial meningitis you will know what I mean, they're unwell but ok, then minutes later they are at deaths door.
All should read Richard Cook's papers to see how linear thinking mucks up healthcare. Summary in his 1998 paper;
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228797158_How_complex_systems_fail
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Start with University #economics departments in my view... I taught a heterodox #economics course before I retired, in a politics Dept. & the economics department banned their students from taking it... they're not really open to the alternatives & so their students frequently are not introduced to the alternatives to the mainstream discipline!
nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 clearly not an educational institution then. The mark of a good university is that it accommodates multiple views so that debate can improve thinking for all. Hence the importance of free speech for all at university including the staff. But no one has the right to shoot for in a crowded space.
The misunderstanding at the Philadelphia court House is a classic example, there was a fire but the order was not for the troops holding the protesters from there court House....!
nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 Interesting question! I've done some reading and yes, it seems the Mediterranean will (and already does) warm faster - the UN page (https://www.unep.org/unepmap/resources/factsheets/climate-change) says it's warming 20% faster. Less rainfall may also cause it to become saltier over time, too.
nostr:npub1rvwnhzkvllph6ulm93fg9wvs4agaqwgagpkyl27q6m5wlp6g9gqqvcxgew nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 my only caution is that like all weather patterns the Med is a complex adaptive system so except in the short term where current trends is a useful indicator the medium term is unpredictable. It could get suddenly very hot, or equally due to sidying weather, suddenly very heavy rainfall with excess fresh water, or massive sea level rise with the Sahara becoming fertile again...
Playing with the planet's weather is a silly dangerous game, but Homo Inprudens likes it!
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Here's a fact we need to repeat over and over again. It is never too late to do something. The more dire the situation, the more extreme the measures will be. At some point, the only effective measures will be population reductions. This will naturally happen, but it can also be directed.
nostr:npub1vxjh958hu5xhg4k7eltw9zc83kudx2kz8sfayd59pucgm9re506ql9ffly nostr:npub1cm56hqkjwe3743u7yxq6w72ry092ukqfrspreah5gv7czr02fxnqtcragm nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 population reduction is already happening! Many countries now have policies to support bigger families. The natural net repro rate for humans is a little over 2 so population is stable or falling. The increase is a transitional state. But most politicians want to provide Panem et Circenses via Ponzi schemes.
We need to reduce our footprint on the earth, it can provide comfortable life for us all but not if those who have most demand 10 times their share.