Yeah there are a couple of metrics. The main two are the median salary of all adults which includes a lot of people not in the workforce (zero wage) and then the median salary for anyone “employed” (working any hours) which would be higher.

Dunno what the latest number are but at a guess mid 50s looks like the total median and 80ish is the median of job holders

(.median is used because mean is skewed by outliers like billionaires. Median means half of the people measured are below and half above)

Cory Doctorow’s original article is good reading - https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

EDIT: corrected the link

Can you not share articles? It’s an open forum, share whatever is relevant and interesting.

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Had a shitty week made all better by cat hing up with two good friend for beer wine, pasta and chats. Home now and feeling the stress drained away. About to go to bed because I am old. And that’s ok

Oh mate that’s terrible. Cat 4 is no joke. I’ve been through cat 2/3 here in Aus and that was terrifying enough). Stay safe in the aftermath.

This is what makes me so mad about the fake nuclear debate. We had that debate 20 years ago and renewables won. Yes the grid rollout is behind and we need regional zones for connection and storage management but we are so much further along then people know.

It’ll always be Bargearse to me https://youtu.be/Fahf77qzEnE?si=GXoPnU_FTTb0SLTs

Their homepage…seems like they did it in less then 62 mins…