This is TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays. I summarize and discuss two articles — one from a blogger, and from one a “traditional news” source. I read news voraciously — I have online subscriptions to 3 major newspapers (conservative and liberal — WSJ, NYTimes, WaPo), but will also sneak in articles from other “traditional” news outlets.
I also provide links to two other blog posts you should read on your own, with a goal to feature bloggers that have popped up on here before and/or that I read on my own.
This concept is inspired by my father, who sends everyone in the family articles links by email, by my older brother, who sends articles so long I never read them, and my wife, who became tired of me sending her articles, and has been telling me “TL;DR” for years.
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2 Things For You To Read:
#1: Is Money Keeping You In A Bad Relationship? — a nice discussion from Caroline at Money Scrap
#2: Femme Cents discusses How two frugal beauty decisions will earn her $77000 — I don’t put a lot of effort into “beauty decisions,” but I found this fascinating. I may change my shampoo/conditioner habits as a result.
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2 Things I Read For You
#1
Source: Mustard Seed Money
Title: Why Do Your Friends Seem To Have More Money Than You?
Summary: The grass is not actually greener on the other side of the fence. It’s been photoshopped and has an inspiring quote about the future below it to make you think it’s greener.
Conclusion: Don’t trust the “reality” of what you read on social media — not only is what you read from people you know curated for public consumption, it’s rare that anyone wants to tell the full story of their lives via social media. If they did, you probably would stop following/reading. Not only is it folly to set your goals based on other people’s lives, doing so based on the digitally enhanced and modified versions of their lives is just dumb. Yes, based on the pictures, some friends may have had a great vacation in Spain. That has little bearing on whether you or I should go to Spain. Maybe the trip was the result of saving for years, or part of a plan to immerse themselves in Spanish after learning the language, or paid for entirely by credit cards with no ability to pay it off. Social media makes us feel more connected, but it often fools us into thinking we know people better than we actually do.
Read This Also: Do You Have The Ultimate Status Symbol? — great read. Based on this I’m close to being a billionaire!
#2
Source: Wall Street Journal
Title: Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’
Summary: Individuals that are not extremely liberal no longer feel welcome in Silicon Valley. It’s reached the point where even billionaires are having their feelings hurt enough that they are leaving. Even semi-liberal people are becoming uncomfortable, voicing concerns that if you do not adhere to a very specific world view, you are not welcome, even though people may be lying/pretending to hold that view to fit in.
Conclusion: The WSJ is a conservative organization that routinely blasts liberals as living in echo chambers, and Peter Thiel is very conservative, so a sympathetic description of his departure is not a shock. Look past the superficial description of how people are tired of having the same conversations at dinner parties — does he have a point? A corporate culture that respects all genders and races should be a requirement, a culture that stifles discussion can be problematic. While the firing of James Damore, the Google employee who wrote the anti-women-in-tech memo, seems justified, what level of dissonance should be tolerated? At home, at work, and on social media, most of us already are in echo chambers. The past two years have already heightened our desire to close our ears to those on the opposite side of the political spectrum. Silicon Valley may have just finally caught up to the rest of us.
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