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I think they're saying we should realize that a septuagenarian or an octogenarian is, economically speaking, a drain on society and we should be having a conver
by abduhl 7y ago
I think they're saying we should realize that a septuagenarian or an octogenarian is, economically speaking, a drain on society and we should be having a conversation about whether stopping the world economy to keep cost centers running makes sense.
- 1propionyl 7y agoYes, because the elderly among us are, like all human beings, merely vehicles of economic value. My parents wish I would call or write to my cost centers more, but I don't see the incentive to invest my valuable time for little to no ROI.
- abduhl 7y agoYou type all this with what I'm sure is meant to be a sarcastic tone but the reality is that all human beings are merely vehicles of economic value as far as the economy and government are concerned. Perhaps next time your parents and their friends told you that they wished you'd call or write more you could respond with something other than "OK Boomer."
- gumby 7y agoIt takes 80 years to construct an octogenarian but less than a year to make a baby. That octogenarian is full of experiences and learnings, while the newborn will still take decades of processing to become an economically valuable adult. By your reasoning we should terminate the ones we can’t afford to develop right now (we can always make more later) and concentrate our resources on saving the ones that may have the insight we need.