There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]

Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by satvikpendem on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @09:47AM (#50180906)

Once you hit rock bottom the only way to go is up, hence creation of wealth for many Americans and destruction of it for many Europeans. Policy choices don't exist in a vacuum and are instead beholden to the conditions of the world, one of which being, it's very easy to build up when everything around you is flattened.

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by bluecheese452 on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @10:12AM (#50181351)

The grandparent who lived in the communist country that war flattened when he was a teen had 3 kids and a house on a single income 10 years later.

Me who lived in a country where war hadn’t touched its shores for centuries was unable to achieve that.

It isn’t about building up. The wealth is already here, in far greater quantities than existed in a recently war torn communist country.

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by satvikpendem on Thursday October 22, 2026 @03:21AM (#50192247)

And before that? As I said, your grandparents are an anomaly. You are regressing to the historical mean. Policy can control some of it but black swan events like world wars do occur.

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