Ron Dyck
"Electric cars are supposed to be sustainable, they're supposed to be environmentally friendly, but they want you to squash your car after 10 years and buy a new one — if it lasts that long"
Huh. It's almost like cars of *any kind* are the problem. 🤔
More Leaf owners with battery problems say Nissan has abandoned them
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/leaf-nissan-owners-legal-action-battery-service-1.7148537
Ron Dyck
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces 4-day workweek legislation
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/sen-bernie-sanders-introduces-4-day-workweek-legislation.html
Ron Dyck
@inthehands @msbellows @blogdiva Schröder does cast doubt on the overall trend
"The second reason why we (want to) believe in generations seems to be 'generationalism'—a new '-ism' that offers an overly simplified way of explaining the world ... it allows us to see our social group as better than another, which makes us feel good about ourselves. But thinking in '-isms' is dangerous and ... [i]f we're not careful, we end up using unsupported generalizations that have no foundation in reality"
Ron Dyck
@msbellows @inthehands @blogdiva I think the resistance is to the idea that unique attributes can be imputed to being part of a single cohort rather than a certain age.
Like this:
"'Millennials don't really want to work. They're far too focused on avocado toast and chai lattes!' Just one of the many clichés expressed by workers over the age of 50."
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-baby-boomers-gen-alpha-sociology.html
Ron Dyck
Gen Z, elder millennials experiencing 'dramatic decline' in engagement at work, Gallup says
https://fortune.com/2024/03/05/gen-z-elder-millennials-disengaged-gallup-poll-genx-boomers/
Ron Dyck
Opinion: Why STEM majors have been a terrible investment
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-09/science-jobs-technology-stem-majors
Ron Dyck
‘I’m not buying new stuff any more’: the young people getting into ‘degrowth’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/im-not-buying-new-stuff-any-more-the-young-people-getting-into-degrowth
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