What does his affair have to do with selling GPUs to China? (Genuine question, I’m out of the loop.)

I’m sure employers would like literal slaves too but that’s not much of an argument is it

I think youre just looking at too much porn online. Go to a city like Vancouver where like 30% of the population is wasain and you’ll see people use the term descriptively all the time and it’s not a slur.

Why do you assume that he would intentionally sabatoge his company in the most embarrassing way possible?

Interesting context thanks

Canadians also simply won’t do the jobs these people will for any amount of money.

That’s a bit of a stretch (no teenagers want to work in fast food?) Maybe not for the same wages but that’s the point. Temporary foreign workers suppress natural wage growth

High cost of living where fresh produce and takeaway coffee becomes unaffordable for most or we have temporary workers.

Part the reason we have a high cost of living is because wage growth has been suppressed by policies like these. See the above point

what’s ricin and how does it relate to castor oil?

Petroleum sounds worse than plastic lol (I know it’s probably fine)

Correlation isn’t causation, I agree, but the signal here is extremely strong (data from 71 countries is included in just one graph of that file I linked) and we seem to understand the mechanism that would cause screens to lead to poor learning outcomes (a breakdown in sustained attention).

you could write that same paper but replace ‘EdTech’ with climate change, and (technically) be eqully as correct.

That is false, because you’d have no comparison group. You can compare outcomes of kids with and without tech, but not kids with and without climate change.

Well I hope you’re right and people move offline

If the liberals lose the next election it will be because of this issue

There’s a lot of data on this which suggests technology is to blame. This is a good overview.

With respect, no one outside of education seems to understand how serious of an issue this is. This is not a “kids these days” thing. Grade 8s are now functioning at a grade 2 level and this is a systemic issue impacting every educator I know

I’m glad he’s saying this. As an educator I can confirm that the effects of technology on the young generation has been positively catastrophic. The literacy crisis is not getting nearly enough attention for how serious of an issue it is, and it is caused in large part by technology

I’m sure industrial strength goo would not flake if you designed it for that purpose but I’m not sure if the pack of gum I bought for a few dollars in a vending machine would be of the same quality

I have a hard time believing that chewing a piece of plastic for thirty minutes would not cause you to ingest microplastics.

My students are in grade eight and can barely read Dr. Seuss. It’s not a “kids these days” things it’s a crisis

Another commenter on here was recommending chewing on soft wood. Of course you’d want to make sure it’s not treated first. Tree branches from certain trees would be more what they are talking about.

Yes, I don’t disagree, but one of the main reasons why plastics are bad for you is that they don’t break down, but natural materials seem to break down just fine generally speaking

What wee brushes are you talking about?