• Letstakealook
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    2 months ago

    Other than “line go up” economics, which I don’t care about, I don’t see a “crisis.” Overall, less people is good for people and, more importantly, all the other life we are supposed to share the planet with.

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      2 months ago

      100% for the wellbeing of life on earth. 0% for publicly traded corporation stock prices, at least in the medium term. That line can’t go up forever.

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      2 months ago

      Less people is good for people, but decreasing people isn’t. Japan and Korea are currently suffering from this and it’s affecting a lot more than line go up economics.

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        2 months ago

        You don’t get to less without decreasing, lol. Less economic growth and a temporary issue with too many old people. That’s not a bad trade off for a better future for all.

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          You don’t get to less without decreasing, lol.

          Yes, which is exactly the problem.

          Less economic growth and a temporary issue with too many old people. That’s not a bad trade off for a better future for all.

          Okay good luck convincing anyone else of that with how things are looking in South Korea.

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            I don’t have to convince anyone, it is happening regardless. Yes, people will bitch and moan, but temporary hardships for the elderly who allowed this to happen is a small price to pay.

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        Yeah but we’ve got a whole AI thing with robots and people losing jobs.

        Hopefully it’ll sorta balance out.

        I had an uber passenger who missed her uncle’s funeral (out of state), because she visits her mother daily in the nursing home, because the nursing home keeps fucking up the care when she isn’t there doing it herself.

        Specifically, fhere’s a certain kind of food her mother isn’t supposed to get, but the stupid nursing home keeps giving it to her, which endangers her health, unless the daughter is there daily to remind them not to feed it to her!

        She says it’s because they’re short-staffed. I couldn’t believe it. Even with short staff surely they must be able to keep track of diet restrictions. Like surely that’s part of their core competency.

        Made me think a robot would be great. Apparently they’re running around like mad trying to get everything done, doing the work of multiple people there.