Starship will attempt a launch this weekend

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by mft_ on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @04:30AM (#38261008)

There’s a lot more to social mobility than an individual’s ability to become a millionaire.

You’d have to decide whether you agree with the methodology, but European nations feature highest in the ‘Global Social Mobility Index’ [0] while the US is 27th.

[0] https://www3.weforum.org/docs/Global_Social_Mobility_Report....

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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by mauvehaus on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @08:01AM (#38262789)

Merely saying the US is 27th doesn't actually mean much without knowing more about the distribution. There's still a shortest NBA player, after all.

And I did look at the table. There's a difference of ~15 index points between 1st (85) and 27th (70). That still doesn't actually say much without knowing how they're calculated.

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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by midasuni on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:31PM (#38267408)

OP said “ It feels like there's very little social mobility in Europe compared to the US.”

But didn’t define it.

GP pointed to a definition which shows that OP was wrong.

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