You can go in, but you can't go out.

The dictionary says so!

This quote is stating a worry, not an actual event.

If such a charter school had been founded, you can bet it would be in the news. It's not.

The summary implies that the tech industry is actually *doing* some of these dystopian things.

All of the dystopian concerns listed, appear to just be *worries*, none of them have actually come to pass.

The billionaire class. Yeah right. That's nothing but mumbo jumbo, as if the billionaires all wanted the same thing. Do you think Elon Musk and George Soros want the same thing?

Nobody's forcing anybody. If you're not satisfied with your pay, hold out for more! If the company won't give you more, go find your desired rate of pay somewhere else! If you can't get more money for the job you're willing or able to do because somebody else will do it for cheaper, that's not the company's fault, that's the other guy's fault. Maybe the other guy doesn't need as much to live as you do. Does that make him a slave?

What is a fair wage anyway? Should they have to pay you more if you have a family, and the young single guy less because he's single? Clearly, the single guy doesn't need as much money to live, so your idea of "barely enough" might be "just great" for him!

Your argument is economic gibberish.

Who said anything about access to a charter school?

There are zero Google search results for anything about a charter school connected with 23andMe to exclude children who don't pass some kind of genetics test. This smacks of a made-up scenario.

That makes sense.

Article is paywalled, so I can't read the whole thing. But the summary talks about a bunch of dystopian fantasies, but doesn't relate those to things happening in real life. It mentions the partnership between a charter school and 23andMe, but how does that relate to eugenics? They are looking for genetic correlations, but that's a long way from eugenics. The summary doesn't even list the real-life copies of the movie fantasies. Maybe I just don't watch enough TV I guess.

If cost savings is the goal, they could save a lot more by switching to Windows, or better yet, Linux.

This seems weird, I've never heard of a company using Macs as servers. Desktops, yes, but servers?

If that's true, you certainly don't live in a place that requires air conditioning.

Your estimates are rather rosy. Zillow says on average, your solar panel installation will net you about $10,000 when you sell, certainly not $30,000. https://money.com/home-value-s....

Oh look, electricity use is declining in the US too! https://energyathaas.wordpress...

A single refrigerator can use up to 800 watts, so your 800 Wp system is *not* going to power your house. My house in the southern US, for example, requires a 20kW generator. You're not going to get that for $300 and mount it yourself. And your system also doesn't consider the need for a battery to keep things going at night or when the sun isn't shining.

https://www.energysage.com/sol...

A 4.1 kW system will not run an entire home, just a few appliances, lights, and fans. If you live in the south where air conditioning is mandatory, you need at least a 20 kW system for a typical home, plus you need battery storage for nights and cloudy days, that will run you at least another $10K.

I think your numbers omit the required battery to run off the grid at night or on cloudy days.

In Texas, where power prices are 12-14 cents per kWh, it would take more than 15 years to pay for even your $30K price tag.