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I've seen this article reach the front page many times and I laugh every single time. There's too many golden lines. > First communication became digitized and
by _28jh 6y ago
I've seen this article reach the front page many times and I laugh every single time. There's too many golden lines.
> First communication became digitized and free to everyone. Then, when clean energy became free, things started to move quickly.
> Transportation dropped dramatically in price. It made no sense for us to own cars anymore, because we could call a driverless vehicle or a flying car for longer journeys within minutes.
> Once in awhile, I will choose to cook for myself. It is easy - the necessary kitchen equipment is delivered at my door within minutes.
> Shopping? I can't really remember what that is. For most of us, it has been turned into choosing things to use. Sometimes I find this fun, and sometimes I just want the algorithm to do it for me. It knows my taste better than I do by now.
> Once in awhile I get annoyed about the fact that I have no real privacy. No where I can go and not be registered. I know that, somewhere, everything I do, think and dream of is recorded. I just hope that nobody will use it against me.
I can't tell if it's written by a normal person, some buzzword-spouting AI, or someone from the 80's who's never interacted with modern technology.
EDIT: And of course, how could I forget, "In our city we don't pay any rent, because someone else is using our free space whenever we do not need it. My living room is used for business meetings when I am not there."
- syshum 6y ago>>I can't tell if it's written by a normal person, some buzzword-spouting AI, I hope the latter, because I can not image a normal person viewing any of those things as good... This view of the future right out of a dystopian horror
- hahaiscjaaka 6y agoWritten by a Scandinavian politician. People from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland (idk about Iceland) are surprisingly ok with trusting institutions won’t harm you, and conformism is the norm.
- syshum 6y agoConformism is requirement in Authoritarian regimes. Now I am sure I will get massive amount of push back calling Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland authoritarian but it seems in many ways human culture is loosing what desire for freedom, replacing it with conformism, safety, and security which they falsely equate with freedom
- ihadtosayit 6y agoI am a dane and I agree with you completely. Just go to the danish subreddit and see how the average dane has been subverted into being a conformist who redicules anyone who dares ask questions that oppose the official talking points. (Argue against the handling of the mink scandal, the mask enforcement etc and you get ousted and rediculed even though there really is no counter arguements to whatever you say. Its just easier to redicule than address arguements).
- hahaiscjaaka 6y agoI think you’re absolutely right. Try to tell Norwegians that many aspects of their culture and everyday life are pretty much freedom-limiting, and they’ll say “but it’s working, Norway is safe, and things work and everyone likes it”
- fibbery 6y agoAccording to the footnote they don't view it as good or bad it's just a thought experiment.
- Gnarl 6y agoUnfortunately, it is a real person. A Danish politician: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Auken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Auken
- ihadtosayit 6y agoFunny thing about that is that she is a politician because her father was, no other reason than nepotism really. They are also a very rich family, I'd really like to see this hag live by her words.
- indymike 6y agoWhat is interesting is that how much of the economy would have to lose most or all revenue for this model to work. Shrinking GDP is very hard to pull off.
- Gnarl 6y ago"Shrinking GDP is very hard to pull off". Isn't that what's happening right now? With govt's carpet bombing their economies through lockdown?
- ben_w 6y agoI wouldn’t describe a contagious deadly global pandemic as “easy”. Even despite the current situation, there are many people desperate for a return to the economic status-quo.
- Nasrudith 6y agoYou know what is bad for GDPs? A goddamned pandemic. It was clear from the start that it is a false choice and even going full delusional moron and having no restrictions would still result in a GDP crash and more so long term. Nobody wants to tour the plaguelands but the narcissistic norm-worshippers are obsessed with sunk cost justifying the worst possible decisions.
- guenthert 6y ago> Shrinking GDP is very hard to pull off. ??? We easily managed this year.
- marcusverus 6y agoWe (in the US) had to add $3.3 Trillion in new debt spending to stave off an economic disaster. That's not what I'd call 'easily managed'.
- KMag 6y agoToo many years of declining GDP, and the government becomes a credit risk, forcing it to pay higher yield on the bonds it issues. Running government services on a balanced budget while GDP is still declining is tough. Shrinking GDP one year is much different from it becoming the norm.