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It would be a nice silver lining if first-world countries could come out of this and continue consuming less. Keep some/most jobs WFH, stop trying to produce ju
by PascLeRasc 7y ago
It would be a nice silver lining if first-world countries could come out of this and continue consuming less. Keep some/most jobs WFH, stop trying to produce just for the sake of it (as in, we don't need a new phone/car models every year), work <40 hours/week, keep unemployment insurance healthy. It'd be a huge boon for both the environment and people.
- james_s_tayler 7y agoI think we'll stop we will naturally stop buying a new phone/car when it stops being worthwhile buying them. To be honest these days I couldn't fit a bigger TV in my living room if I tried nor can I appreciate the difference between 4k and 8k, so as far as I'm concerned there are close to zero reasons for me to want a new model of this particular technology. Phones are much the same. I see phones coming out with 5 cameras on the back. I just need one. It'll all naturally slow down. I'm happy for it to run it's course. So far the innovations have been pretty good. It has to end somewhere eventually.