March 23, 2022
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Kris Tyte & Sean Snodgrass
IT Moonlighting & Consumer Lives Matter
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss IT professionals and employees in other related career fields that can be done remotely, double or triple dipping working several jobs simultaneously, and tools that help people pull this off. We talk a bit about the right to death, then transition to the intricacies of capitalism and contemplate whether deceit is a required skillset within capitalism. Then we have a look at the major health and wellness factors plaguing many Americans, especially the more relatively poor. Finally, we discuss gamifying self-improvement, utilizing a grass roots movement and the natural propensity for groupism to build a counterculture against rampant consumerism.
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“His workday consisted of sending all his tasks to someone else overseas and putting his feet up for the rest of the day.
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Story illustrating remote job outsourcing, where workers delegate tasks to lower-cost labor markets while maintaining employment status.
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“On one hand it’s clever… on the other hand it’s extremely unethical.
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Ethical tension between efficiency, outsourcing, and deception in remote work.
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Community discussing strategies for working multiple remote jobs simultaneously.
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Infographic illustrating how technological advancement has expanded human capability.
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“The mind can’t comprehend the magnitude of certain events, so it fills the gap with theories.
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Explanation of why conspiracy theories emerge after large-scale traumatic events.
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Background on the nuclear disaster and systemic failures contributing to it.
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“You control the narrative by controlling the topic
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Commentary on media influence and agenda-setting theory.
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“So what's hurting Americans the most is their diet and exercise.
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Synthesis tying together overemployment, despair, and systemic pressures.
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“Well, let's I guess I'm saying if we want to engage people, let's be honest about how people are going to be best engaged. It's their phone, no doubt about that. And through some form of entertainment.
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Proposal to prioritize high-impact societal improvements.
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“Big words are just bigger Lego blocks you say less with more.
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Humorous reflection on language, communication, and abstraction.
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