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pearlsontheroad commented on The Relativity of Wrong (1988)   hermiene.net/essays-trans... · Posted by u/speckx
pearlsontheroad · 8 hours ago
"...when I say I am glad that I live in a century when the Universe is essentially understood, I think I am justified."

Funny how we don't even fully understand what happens when we crack our joints but are certain about how the Universe "essentially" works.

pearlsontheroad commented on The demographic future of humanity: facts and consequences [pdf]   sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/Sl... · Posted by u/akyuu
lurk2 · 15 days ago
> In the 70s people were saying that we needed to commit brutal oppression against a large portion of the world based on geography in order to prevent future catastrophe.

What is this referring to?

pearlsontheroad · 15 days ago
In the 70s, under IMF guidance, several governments of 3rd world countries implemented policies of mass sterilization.
pearlsontheroad commented on The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn't as Bad as You've Heard–It's Worse   theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... · Posted by u/cubefox
k__ · 2 months ago
Could it be a hole that was created by improvements in women's rights?

My sister got three kids, but she got them after 30.

My mom and my grandma got their first child with 20.

pearlsontheroad · 2 months ago
I think it's more that men's share of duties have not adapted to reflect the empowerment of women, combined with a system that continues to penalize women financially for having kids.
pearlsontheroad commented on The Problem with AI Welfare   substack.com/home/post/p-... · Posted by u/turing_complete
bbor · 2 months ago
Yes, if you take a dead persons brain and run current through it continuously so that it can direct a body and produce novel thoughts then that is equivalent to a living human being.

Your brain is ultimately just numbers represented in neuronal form. What's conscious, the neurons?

pearlsontheroad · 2 months ago
This level of materialism is soul-crushing :)
pearlsontheroad commented on A Blacklisted American Magician Became a Hero in Brazil   wsj.com/lifestyle/careers... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
pearlsontheroad · 3 months ago
"Firms hire elderly office boys to wait in line at banks and notaries, exploiting federal rules giving priority to anyone over 60."

Retirement Plan Z (if everything else fails): Work as a messenger in Brazil. They're hiring.

pearlsontheroad commented on The Future Is Too Expensive – A New Theory on Collapsing Birth Rates   medium.com/@hectorchu1/th... · Posted by u/hectorchu
gwd · 3 months ago
> which I'll never use.

Your younger co-workers will have been educated in public schools you paid for. If you're an employer, the people you hire will have been educated with public schools you paid for. When you retire, the people paying your retirement and running the country you live in will have been educated by the public schools you paid for. When you're sick, loads of the research on how to cure you and keep you in good health will have been done by researchers who went through public schools you helped fund.

Everyone benefits from an educated populace, which is why it makes sense for it to be paid for by everyone.

pearlsontheroad · 3 months ago
Agree 100%. Not saying I don't benefit indirectly from public education. In fact, I actually feel good about contributing to the education of my fellow citizens. My comment was related to the insinuation that childfree choice is "too inexpensive". What's next, let's tax childfree people more than parents?
pearlsontheroad commented on The Future Is Too Expensive – A New Theory on Collapsing Birth Rates   medium.com/@hectorchu1/th... · Posted by u/hectorchu
pearlsontheroad · 3 months ago
Funny, not a single mention of the collapse of communities as a possible contributing factor. Strong communities provided support to young parents and also pressured them to have kids.
pearlsontheroad commented on The Future Is Too Expensive – A New Theory on Collapsing Birth Rates   medium.com/@hectorchu1/th... · Posted by u/hectorchu
maxglute · 3 months ago
Not having kids is too inexpensive.
pearlsontheroad · 3 months ago
I disagree. Even though I'm childless, taxes I've paid my whole life help finance public schools which I'll never use.

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