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Re:Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy by WalterBright on Monday November 25, 2019 @02:35PM (#21631887)
> Retired. Did the math. Somehow doesn't strike me as the average Uber driver.

I often explain to people who duck learning math, who don't think it is relevant, etc., that being inept at math is a strong predictor of being poor. None want to hear that, but what can I do?

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Re:Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy by jjeaff on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:00PM (#21632144)
Are you sure that being poor isn't a strong predictor of being bad at math?
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Re:Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy by WalterBright on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:23PM (#21632376)
Perhaps, but rejecting math instruction as being "irrelevant", "boring", "not cool", is a choice.
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