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Japan has a terrible demographic and zero economic growth and is doing relatively fine. Sure, life in the future will be different than life in the past but th
by LaurensBER 2y ago
Japan has a terrible demographic and zero economic growth and is doing relatively fine.
Sure, life in the future will be different than life in the past but that has always been the case. Perhaps it will (temporarily) be worse in some areas and perhaps it will be better in other areas. That'll be very hard to predict.
I don't think an economic collapse will happen, we'll have to adapt but a collapse is not in anyone's favour.
Less people does mean lower real-estate prices and potentially more nature. Perhaps we'll have to settle for less gadgets and exotic holidays but we'll have nicer homes and more nature around us.
That seems like a decent trade-off.
- nf3 2y agoJapan seems to be leaning more and more on immigrant labor for maintaining its economy. It's pretty obvious if you visit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/07/japan/society/japan-mass-foreign-immigration/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/07/japan/society/j...
- illiac786 2y agoMy worry is that climate change is exponential in impact over time and has extremely high inertia. meaning, once it has been pushed far enough, the devastation continues to increase for decades despite any efforts humanity could put together. Time will tell but I really worry what the next generations will have to deal with, I cannot find it in my heart to be optimistic about this. It will be extremely painful I feel and sometimes I have the impression the only way for our earth to get better is if humanity gets significantly worse, like back to middle age.