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Lumifer comments on Academia as a career option, its social value, and alternatives - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 07 August 2015 04:43:17PM *  2 points [-]

Working is a subsistence capacity and sharing your excess as part of a mutually resilient yet altruistic community seems like the best option!

X-/ So, agricultural communes are the future of humankind?

You can go and become a member of some kibbutz in Israel, if you really insist on your "best option".

Comment author: Clarity 09 August 2015 12:08:20AM 0 points [-]

If it weren't for the Zionism and not knowing Hebrew I would