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> We need to make sure that we don't leave older people behind old people can now summon rides on their phone and be out and about instead of being home-bound.

> We need to make sure that we don't leave older people behind old people can now summon rides on their phone and be out and about instead of being home-bound. > and we don't pull the rug from under our childrens feet Everything we build, our children will inherit. It will be their responsibility to improve upon what we leave them. It's not like older people end up taking these technological improvements with them to their grave. There are more jobs than just fast food. People did jobs that weren't fast food before McDonald's existed and people will do jobs that aren't fast food once McDonald's is fully automated. Right now, on the Internet, you can learn so many things for free. The necessity to learn a skill that pays the bills will drive people to learn skills that can be used to provide goods and services others are willing to pay for. All that is necessary is to open your eyes and look around and see what people are willing to pay for.

anigbrowl 7y ago
Old people with enough money can do that. You have clearly never experienced poverty.
- HenryBemis 7y ago
  Thank you for this commeny. Also, old people are not necessarily only use-less consumers. Giving them Uber is nice, but if they can and want to offer/produce it would be a waste to put them in the sidelines just because they can't use the latest technology.
- malandrew 7y ago
  When I moved to the SF Bay Area in 2011, I spent ~8 months living on about $32 a day for all living costs including housing. That's under the US poverty line and well below the SF Bay Area poverty line. I bought rice, beans and other dry goods in bulk and had my daily meal costs averaged around $2 a day. People need to learn to budget better. http://earlyretirementextreme.com/how-i-live-on-7000-per-year.html http://earlyretirementextreme.com/how-i-live-on-7000-per-yea...
  - anigbrowl 7y ago
    Congratulations on being young, optimistic, and not having any chronic medical conditions or major obligations.

anigbrowl 7y ago

Old people with enough money can do that. You have clearly never experienced poverty.

HenryBemis 7y ago
Thank you for this commeny. Also, old people are not necessarily only use-less consumers. Giving them Uber is nice, but if they can and want to offer/produce it would be a waste to put them in the sidelines just because they can't use the latest technology.
malandrew 7y ago
When I moved to the SF Bay Area in 2011, I spent ~8 months living on about $32 a day for all living costs including housing. That's under the US poverty line and well below the SF Bay Area poverty line. I bought rice, beans and other dry goods in bulk and had my daily meal costs averaged around $2 a day. People need to learn to budget better. http://earlyretirementextreme.com/how-i-live-on-7000-per-year.html http://earlyretirementextreme.com/how-i-live-on-7000-per-yea...
- anigbrowl 7y ago
  Congratulations on being young, optimistic, and not having any chronic medical conditions or major obligations.