The Development Set
medium.com/the-development-set · Group blog · on HN since 2016
The Development Set is a Medium publication of essays on international development, aid, and tech's impact on poorer countries, including first-person pieces.
What HN saysHN links it occasionally on development and education abroad; the given comments offer little opinion on the publication itself.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Silicon Valley’s Unchecked Arrogance10 people · 190 points · first shared 2016 · 156 comments on HN
- 2The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems5 people · 97 points · first shared 2016 · 60 comments on HN
- 3No, Nurse, My Health Issues Aren’t All Rooted in My Sex Work1 people · 19 points · first shared 2016 · 2 comments on HN
- 4The “Third World” Is Not Your Classroom1 people · 4 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
- 5Repaying the Human Cost of Our Gadgets1 people · 3 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 6In Uganda, Fostering a World Without Adoption1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
- 7I Do Sex Work So I Can Look at Myself in the Mirror1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 8When Games Try to Save the World1 people · 1 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 9Inside the World’s Shittiest Museum1 people · 1 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 10Study abroad as a path to equity and justice f5b902e8f131 people · first shared 2016
What HN people wrote when they linked it
studentrob · 2016-05-25
I totally agree with you. I should have been more clear.
In my opinion, some people want to work. They want to contribute to society and receive validation in the form of a variable salary that can go up or down according to their contribution. Others don't. Both are fine.
Calling people "useless" is not a great selling point for basic income. It strikes a nerve with some people [1], and while I think the post I just cited went over the top, I see what they're getting at.
Useless is subjective. I wouldn't call monks or anyone else useless. Yet, this is one of Altman's reasons for supporting basic income [2]. I don't think he intended his statement to be interpreted that way. It is what it is.
[1] https://medium.com/the-development-set/silicon-valley-s-unchecked-arro…
[2] http://www.techinsider.io/sam-altman-praises-basic-income-on-freakonom…
hackuser · 2016-03-17
Another view of foreign students:
Study Abroad as a Path to Equity and Justice
https://medium.com/the-development-set/study-abroad-as-a-path-to-equit…