⛈️ Information ⛈️The American tech scene would explode in a second Renaissance if the US got basic universal health care as a public right.
Khionu S 
@Elucidating or 3/4 of engineers would quit for the farms :clown:
But seriously, there's no end to the reasons we need this.
@khionu Yes I bet a bunch of people would do something they'd instantly regret. But that would be good for the industry. Get the folks who are only here for the cash out.
Those folks aren't always bad, just to be clear. But I'd like to imagine a world where people like their work.
@Elucidating I was more trying to invoke the whole "wisened engineer seeks digital-free solice" meme
@khionu As someone who grew up on a farm, it is my duty to just laugh at folks who think it's the simple life and wish them luck. They need it.
Esteban Küber 
@Elucidating @khionu retiring to a farm isn't the goal, the goal is to have an escapist fantasy to get through the day.
@Elucidating @ekuber This is actually a very good model, I know a *cough* spicy bookshop that did this.
@Elucidating @ekuber I think if I were to soft-retire like this, I'd do an embedded coffee shop. Have hermetic enclosures with all the tools inside so people don't have to worry about contamination