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> less dependent on foreign resources is another way of say "reduced global trade" which has been and continues to be a major part of our economy. TBF I'm grow
by rollcat 3y ago
> less dependent on foreign resources is another way of say "reduced global trade" which has been and continues to be a major part of our economy.
TBF I'm growing more and more apathetic to this whole "economy" thing. Unbounded growth is what led us to the present problem in the first place. What about we try to optimize for quality of life instead of quantity of made-up number?
- Aerroon 3y ago>What about we try to optimize for quality of life instead of quantity of made-up number? That's still economic growth. I don't know about you, but I would like there to be treatments for medical issues that aren't curable yet. I would also like to get improvements in life in general like better insulation, better water etc. The sum of all of that improvements is economic growth though.
- rollcat 3y agoYou're right, but the current system is full of perverse incentives. Sure someone is looking for a cure to the cancer, but for every scientist/researcher there is a thousand cars each carrying a single person to work an office job they could've done from home, a hundred bitcoin mining rigs running off coal, a dozen private jets, etc. Just look at the mean salary in US vs western EU, but compare healthcare, access to education, public transport. EU still has a very long way to go, but I think it's proof enough that "line go up" is very different from (even if correlated to) actual quality of life.