Allison Pugh, professor of Sociology at University of Virginia, and author of The Tumbleweed Society: Working and Caring in an Age of Insecurity, says workers in the U.S. are caught up in a "one-way honor system," in which workers are beholden to employers.
She says that the golden era when Americans could get a job, keep it, and expect to retire with an adequate pension are over.
JP Morgan Chase has cut 20,000 from its workforce in the past 5 years, last year HP cut 34,000 jobs, and many others have announced layoffs.
In this interview Pugh talks about the social effects of this "insecurity culture."
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A Bridge To Connect Russia To America May One Day Exist
A plan for an epic bridge connecting Russia's easternmost border with Alaska's westernmost border could soon be a reality, as Russia seeks to partner with China.
Sijutech reports: "If this mega bridge come to reality, it would be Planet Earth’s most epic mega-road trip ever.
The plans have not been officially accepted since specific details of the highway still need to be discussed, including the large budget.
Allegedly the plan will cost upwards in the trillions of dollars range."
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A Man Walks To Russia From USA
Yes, this actually happened!
Polar bears do it all the time.
He
is walking in unbroken step around the entire globe. It is possible to
journey by foot from the southern most point of South America back to
England and leave behind you an unbroken trail of footprints!
It will take over fourteen years to complete, It will cover over 36,000 Miles.
It will take over fourteen years to complete, It will cover over 36,000 Miles.
It will test one man's ability to go it alone and walk around
the world, in one non-stop journey.
It is under way now and will
provide one of the most interesting and captivating stories to be told.
Karl Bushby, a 38-year-old ex-paratrooper, is chasing that very dream to become the first person to complete an unbroken round the world walk.
He set off on 1st November 1998, he had completed over 17000 miles.
He returned home to Hull in 2012.
All the adventures, trials,
tribulations and magical moments are illustrated in his personal
journals.
Karl has already walked through South and Central America,
North America and over the Bering Straits into Russia.
Videos:
Update:
Remember how I told you about the dude who actually walked to Russia from the USA?
Well...soon you can drive instead of walk.
A billionaire will dig a 4 lane tunnel linking Russia & US.
Russian
billionaire Roman Abramovich has fuelled talk of a massive tunnel
between Europe and America by forking out $160 million on the world’s
largest drill.
The 19-metre giant will be the first drill capable of
boring a four-lane tunnel.
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One guy is not a happy Windows 10 camper.
Apparently Microsoft uses our bandwidth to update others on our dime and he don't like it...
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Francisco Hernandez. The coolest explorer you never heard of.
In the era right after Columbus, most people who traveled from Europe to
the Americas had very specific agendas. They wanted money, or power, or
land. And those are the names we know — Cortes, Pizarro, Cordoba. By
contrast, Francisco Hernandez's name may not ring any bells — but his contributions were just as important, and a lot less bloody.
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When ever I am out in the Desert at night i always wonder to myself how far away I could still see a candle light?
Now I kind of know.
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