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A population that declines through birth rate attrition gets old. The average age in hunter gather communities was about 15 years old. In the next 10-20 years,
by missedthecue 1y ago
A population that declines through birth rate attrition gets old. The average age in hunter gather communities was about 15 years old. In the next 10-20 years, the average age in a number of countries is going to approach 60.
You can't just think about raw numbers, you have to think about demography.
- ceejayoz 1y agoTo some extent. But hunter gatherers didn't have access to hip replacements and ibuprophen, either.
- missedthecue 1y agoIt's not really taken by a robot. You key in your order rather than asking an employee to. The same amount of human labor is being done.
- ceejayoz 1y agoI think you meant to post this to the other thread. I'm not talking about self-service kiosks, I'm talking about "talk directly to the machine" sort of things they're already testing out.