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Faster internet, bigger TVs, better cars, and fancier produce have very little influence on your actual quality of life. Better medical care does, but it's exp
by jes5199 11y ago
Faster internet, bigger TVs, better cars, and fancier produce have very little influence on your actual quality of life.
Better medical care does, but it's expensive medical interventions that bankrupts middle class families. Also: Real estate - much further out of reach. Education - much deeper in debt. These are the things that really matter.
I'll give you cheap air travel, though. That stuff is great. Hooray for cheap jet fuel.
- jp555 11y agoThe safety of automobiles (ABS, airbags, auto-collision-avoidance, better tires, crumple zones, etc) have a HUGE influence on the quality of life (as you're defining it) for populations. Diet is by far the most effective way to provide life-long heath, and we've never had better access to food & nutrition info. Medical incentives may be messed up in the US, but most people on the planet who have access to healthcare don't have to worry about it bankrupting them.