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It’s simple. If you don’t know when your next meal will be, you can’t spare a thought in solving cold fusion. In order to solve problems you don’t need “more p
by otikik 4y ago
It’s simple. If you don’t know when your next meal will be, you can’t spare a thought in solving cold fusion.
In order to solve problems you don’t need “more people”. You need “more people with good enough living conditions so that they can work on solving problems”. This doesn’t necessarily means increasing the total number of people. It could go down. As long as enough people went from dispossessed to good enough, that would be enough.
- chii 4y ago> You need “more people with good enough living conditions so that they can work on solving problems”. no, this isn't true, because randomly feeding people isn't going to just magically make them able to solve problems like fusion. What is needed is productivity increases, from perhaps existing investments or new investments, which is then used to fund research work. This funding can come privately, or via public taxation. The popular image of an einstein like loner working in their own garage, funded by their own wealth (or some sort of social security funding), and creating world changing tech is such a mythos.
- otikik 4y agoThe same principle applies. It is still a prerequisite that that person needs to have the base of their piramid of needs covered in order to even think about investments or being enterprisey. Increase the quality of life of the population and you will get more of it.