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Normal life is going to better 20 years from now, just like it's much better now than 20 years ago.
by cm2012 3y ago
Normal life is going to better 20 years from now, just like it's much better now than 20 years ago.
- mrguyorama 3y agoDefine better. Do it with empirical attributes.
- cm2012 3y agoHigher GDP per capita. Lower murder rate. A lot more tech. Better health outcomes. Higher life expectancy.
- haswell 3y agoHigher GDP means little to nothing to the average consumer, and more tech is absolutely not automatically better. We're still coming to terms with the harms of the current and last generation tech, to say nothing of the extreme shifts ahead as AI/ML continue to explode. Murder rates are rising, and there seems to be very little political will to make the systemic changes needed to address this. Why would life expectancy continue to climb? Setting aside issues related to extreme weather and/or forced migrations in some regions, and taking into account recent trends like extreme spikes in colorectal cancer in younger adults for reasons we have yet to understand, and increasing awareness of the health impacts of various chemicals, plastics, etc, it seems problematic to assume higher life expectancy. Health outcomes may improve in certain categories, but it seems almost certain that it will degrade in others.