3 ms·
The slowing of the birthrate to manageable levels is very good, but too much of that (i.e. below replacement) leads to an inverted age pyramid, which is NOT una
by Robotbeat 8y ago
The slowing of the birthrate to manageable levels is very good, but too much of that (i.e. below replacement) leads to an inverted age pyramid, which is NOT unambiguously good.
The fact that birthrates are falling and many countries will be left with a huge number of elderly folk without enough young folk to take care of them is not unambiguously good, particularly when it happens everywhere so there's nowhere to import young immigrants from.
- EGreg 8y agoAn inverted age pyramid can be just fine if automation picks up the slack and causes productivity per capita to soar. The great thing about automation is that it’s always improving, never going back (except when old equipment gets retired). Once Tesla improves feature X it’s rolled out to all cars at once, for instance.
- pixl97 8y ago> if automation picks up the slack and causes productivity per capita This is only true if the income disparity is not out of control. Current trends show us that income disparity is increasing where the super rich gain everything, and the poor are screwed without some kind of income redistribution (high wealth taxes for example).
- EGreg 8y agoThat’s why I’d like to see us move in the direction of: UBI Automation Open Source Software And I am putting my money where my mouth is, for 7 years: https://qbix.com https://qbix.com https://intercoin.org https://intercoin.org