I think he needs interaction with people who are outsiders, but not in a debate format. I'd say more of a "coming alongside to help" format, where he learns that members of $OUTSIDE_GROUP are just people like those inside his groups.
The Verge article extolling the #Fediverse. I personally think the writer has the wrong point. #Facebook isn't good. Its attraction is "everybody I know is on Facebook" and not any of its half-baked features. Therefore, multiprotocol / multi-network federated social is important to dethroning #corpocentric #socnets like XTwitter ( #x.com / #twitter ) and Meta's Facebook & #Instagram.
I feel this writer's exuberence will turn out to be fantasy, mostly because of misunderstanding what keeps people in the walled gardens and what it will take to free them.
@clacke Inside the US, airports are inconvenient (especially since the TSA's creation) and airlines are relatively expensive. When feasible, I much prefer to drive instead of flying.
Example: I can drive 6-8 hours to visit my brother in NorCal or I can: * drive an hour plus to the nearest airport * go through checkin * go through TSA and hope they're happy with my crotch scan and don't need to touch me * wait another 1-2 hours [1] until boarding and takeoff * fly an hour or so * get my luggage * rent a car * drive an hour to get to where he lives
[1] If you're not at least 2 hours early, a busy day at the airport can cause you to miss your flight while you are queued up for airline checkin or #TSA
I congratulated her on being able to imagine well enough to play such games. I told her about a friend’s daughter who used to play “pretend this” and “pretend that”. After a few minutes, I would have a headache from the effort of trying to imagine so much.
I also recall that when #sonTwo was in high school, he found an article in which #SoCal theme parks (including #Disneyland, which was mentioned as being known for its low pay) were building apartment buildings for their employees to live in because their pay was insufficient to pay then-current rental rates.
I'm not saying this to disparage #Disney. I get it. Theme parks are a service business and the easiest way to make them profitable is to constrain labor costs. But you know, pay down your debt, so you can use some of your current interest payments to pay your employees a decent wage.
Back when I was in college and working in fast food, a competitor came to town offering more than 20% above minimum wage. I was already making above minimum wage, but I still stood in line with 10,000 other people to apply. They were starting people at more than I made after 2 years with that $EMPLOYER, so why wouldn't I take a shot at the new employer?
#Disneyland Paris wants to hire up to 8,500 people at a wage that is 2% over minimum wage. They're already discussing how difficult it will be to fill those openings but they haven't thought about increasing the compensation to a level that competes successfully with other options those prospective employees could choose.
To me, that's a major fail for #Disney. If you can't find people to do the work, raise the pay, raise the benefits, improve the working conditions and eventually you'll find people.