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0 pointsgalieos_ghost7y ago0 comments

hunger- Has been mostly solved thanks to GMO increasing crop yields.

crime- Is strongly correlated with poverty, which has been rapidly reduced globally thanks to technological innovation

Housing- Will be solved by tech making remote work viable and thus reducing demand in cities. Automation and some form of income stipend could also allow people to live in more affordable places rather than cities.

Your view of "tech" is pretty stunted if you only think web apps.

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mcphage7y ago

> Will be solved by tech making remote work viable and thus reducing demand in cities

Remote work is viable, and yet the major tech companies are focused on hiring developers in a small number of overcrowded cities (or moving developers that it hires into those cities). I expect no solution to housing or remote work from them.

amarkov7y ago

Isn't that exactly why we should expect a solution from them? Google knows first-hand why some leaders are opposed to remote work, and stands to make a lot of money if they can overcome it.

mcphage7y ago

They haven’t shown any interest in doing so; if they are going to, I’d first expect some indications from them that they see it as a problem.

redial7y ago

> crime- Is strongly correlated with poverty, which has been rapidly reduced globally thanks to technological innovation

Small scale crime might be. White collar crime is adversely correlated, strongly, with poverty. And it sinks entire nations.

jeffreyrogers7y ago

What nation has been sunk by white collar crime? I'm not disagreeing that it's bad, but I don't think it's that bad.

sincerely7y ago

Wasn't the global recession caused by white collar crime?

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0 pointsgalieos_ghost7y ago0 comments

hunger- Has been mostly solved thanks to GMO increasing crop yields.

crime- Is strongly correlated with poverty, which has been rapidly reduced globally thanks to technological innovation

Your view of "tech" is pretty stunted if you only think web apps.

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mcphage7y ago

> Will be solved by tech making remote work viable and thus reducing demand in cities

amarkov7y ago

Isn't that exactly why we should expect a solution from them? Google knows first-hand why some leaders are opposed to remote work, and stands to make a lot of money if they can overcome it.

mcphage7y ago

They haven’t shown any interest in doing so; if they are going to, I’d first expect some indications from them that they see it as a problem.

redial7y ago

> crime- Is strongly correlated with poverty, which has been rapidly reduced globally thanks to technological innovation

Small scale crime might be. White collar crime is adversely correlated, strongly, with poverty. And it sinks entire nations.

jeffreyrogers7y ago

What nation has been sunk by white collar crime? I'm not disagreeing that it's bad, but I don't think it's that bad.

sincerely7y ago

Wasn't the global recession caused by white collar crime?

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