Scott Adams
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I'm seeing a meme that Putin has offered to negotiate a peace deal between Trump and Musk. Well, we don't need that. Anyway, so the only thing I would add to United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby's advice is that you make sure your talent stack is nice and solid. So otherwise you will not be ready. All right, let's see. Is there any science that they could have saved some money on just by asking Scott?
I'm seeing a meme that Putin has offered to negotiate a peace deal between Trump and Musk. Well, we don't need that. Anyway, so the only thing I would add to United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby's advice is that you make sure your talent stack is nice and solid. So otherwise you will not be ready. All right, let's see. Is there any science that they could have saved some money on just by asking Scott?
Oh, here's some. According to ZME Science, there's a study that showed that vegetarians are more rebellious and power hungry than you think. Now, how many of you would have known that? that vegetarians are more rebellious and power hungry than you think. I would have known that.
Oh, here's some. According to ZME Science, there's a study that showed that vegetarians are more rebellious and power hungry than you think. Now, how many of you would have known that? that vegetarians are more rebellious and power hungry than you think. I would have known that.
And the reason is that you're starting with a group of people who are willing to buck one of society's strongest cultural norms, which is eating meat. It is hard to be a vegetarian. I'm a pescatarian at the moment. But when I was a vegetarian...
And the reason is that you're starting with a group of people who are willing to buck one of society's strongest cultural norms, which is eating meat. It is hard to be a vegetarian. I'm a pescatarian at the moment. But when I was a vegetarian...
it meant that if you got invited to somebody's house you had to tell them you can't eat whatever it is they were planning on serving so if you just if you simply started with the people who are willing to buck one of the most inconvenient things you could ever buck because your friends want to go to this restaurant, but there's nothing you can eat there. You have to be a certain kind of person.
it meant that if you got invited to somebody's house you had to tell them you can't eat whatever it is they were planning on serving so if you just if you simply started with the people who are willing to buck one of the most inconvenient things you could ever buck because your friends want to go to this restaurant, but there's nothing you can eat there. You have to be a certain kind of person.
to be willing to take on the vegetarian lifestyle. So if you would ask me, are vegetarians more rebellious? I would have said, yeah, obviously. I mean, you're starting with a rebellious group. You'd be surprised. It's not like it's limited to that one thing. I'm not sure I would have known the power hungry part, but it applies to me. I'm definitely power hungry.
to be willing to take on the vegetarian lifestyle. So if you would ask me, are vegetarians more rebellious? I would have said, yeah, obviously. I mean, you're starting with a rebellious group. You'd be surprised. It's not like it's limited to that one thing. I'm not sure I would have known the power hungry part, but it applies to me. I'm definitely power hungry.
but i see power as a tool like money if you have power and you have money then you can do good things and you can do good things for other people so yeah i'm very power hungry according to newsmax mcdonald's has decided it's going to stick with dei but it's going to change the words So now it's only called inclusion. Actually, Bloomberg is reporting that.
but i see power as a tool like money if you have power and you have money then you can do good things and you can do good things for other people so yeah i'm very power hungry according to newsmax mcdonald's has decided it's going to stick with dei but it's going to change the words So now it's only called inclusion. Actually, Bloomberg is reporting that.
And they say they're not going to change anything in the way they operate. It's also keeping its internal affinity groups where employees with similar backgrounds, I guess demographics, can share ideas. And I wonder, how is that legal? Because they're saying it right out loud. I mean, they're not hiding it. They're saying we're just changing the words, but we're going to operate exactly the same.
And they say they're not going to change anything in the way they operate. It's also keeping its internal affinity groups where employees with similar backgrounds, I guess demographics, can share ideas. And I wonder, how is that legal? Because they're saying it right out loud. I mean, they're not hiding it. They're saying we're just changing the words, but we're going to operate exactly the same.
Well, I will add one thing that I know from personal experience, well, semi-personal, one level away from personal, is that if you were to apply for a job at McDonald's, you probably will get it. So I don't know how much work they have to put into being diverse, because where I work or where I live, if you were 16 or 20 and you wanted a job at McDonald's, if you applied, it might take
Well, I will add one thing that I know from personal experience, well, semi-personal, one level away from personal, is that if you were to apply for a job at McDonald's, you probably will get it. So I don't know how much work they have to put into being diverse, because where I work or where I live, if you were 16 or 20 and you wanted a job at McDonald's, if you applied, it might take
a few weeks, but there's such a high turnover in fast food that you'd probably get the job and it wouldn't matter what color you were. So this might be the one area where DEI is not such a big deal. It's not helping anybody a lot because everybody can get a job. And I think they're very merit-based.
a few weeks, but there's such a high turnover in fast food that you'd probably get the job and it wouldn't matter what color you were. So this might be the one area where DEI is not such a big deal. It's not helping anybody a lot because everybody can get a job. And I think they're very merit-based.
So McDonald's might be one of those rare exceptions where all they have to do is keep doing what they're doing. It is one of the best places you could ever have your first experience as a job. Well, the Wall Street Journal has a big article about the redesign of self-driving cars. And the idea is that a self-driving vehicle in the very near future doesn't need a steering wheel or a dashboard.
So McDonald's might be one of those rare exceptions where all they have to do is keep doing what they're doing. It is one of the best places you could ever have your first experience as a job. Well, the Wall Street Journal has a big article about the redesign of self-driving cars. And the idea is that a self-driving vehicle in the very near future doesn't need a steering wheel or a dashboard.