Oddbean new post about login | logout I've had several neighbors over the years who were TSA agents, so it was interesting to observe them outside of work. My conclusion was that they tend to be extremely average: intelligent enough to follow orders but not intelligent enough to question them.
Sir you can't bring that water on the plane. Very danger. Toothpaste in a normal sized tube? Fogetaboutit
Ok, just let me finish my water 💦 https://image.nostr.build/649fb90b015754d49bbce9a7b308b1b81b8c8d4256c93f8965007c394bfb0ecb.gif
It’s a job created for those that can’t hold much of a job.
Welcome to … 80% of the world ? As seen with the Covid Hysteria (and in plenty other subjects), the vast majority of people are just choosing the default option for anything in their lives. I had thought that with matters of health, life and death, people would step up and actually think before making a decision. But alas, even then the huge majority just complied with whatever was served to them. Let’s hope the recent lesson awakened at least a few of them.
What i is a TSA?
