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A lot of hyperbole and plenty of faulty thinking. Edit: For example "Economically, a world dominated by the old will be less innovative, less dynamic, and mor
by WantonQuantum 3y ago
A lot of hyperbole and plenty of faulty thinking.
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For example "Economically, a world dominated by the old will be less innovative, less dynamic, and more risk averse" begs the question of whether _childless_ older people are less innovative, dynamics, etc.
Another example: "Absent the binding power of children, the extended family will disappear, and the nuclear family will disintegrate. There will be few mothers and fathers, no siblings, no cousins, no aunts or uncles; whole lineages will flicker out. If family is the audience to the drama of life, each individual will perform in the chill of an empty theater. Isolation will leave the young, as a class, powerless and dependent. Loneliness will fill them with psychotic dread. There can be no exit, no escape to a better future. Repopulating the world will be a tough mathematical proposition.", This is both hyperbole and obviously wrong. Without evidence to the contrary, one must assume that people will connect with other people and build fulfilling lives for themselves. It doesn't have to be a 1950s nuclear family.