Agreed that we have serious problems today. But I don’t think they are mostly economic in nature. The main new economic problem is that life is now full of traps that didn’t used to exist. High-quality nutritious food is much cheaper than in the 1950s, but junk food is even cheaper and tastes delicious. You can do sports gambling on your phone. You can doomscroll TikTok on your phone. This is a “skill issue”, but many people get hooked on junk food or TikTok as children and children are going to be unskilled. If you avoid the traps, things have never been better (from a purely economic perspective).
I think our main problems are social, cultural, and [redacted]. Unfortunately, a full discussion of them would require touching on some forbidden topics.
They both are and aren’t. Modern molochian problems stem from actions which maximize income, and with the death of god, materialism is winning against traditional morality. We don’t need more money in order to be happier, but on the other hand, living paycheck to paycheck is really hard on the psyche, and it often feels like everyone is out to bleed you dry.
I also think we have less alternatives to these traps than we used to. There’s less communities and family gatherings, less nature to walk in, less social activities around town. Many improvements require collective effort rather than individual effort. I’m immune to these traps, so I don’t think they’re solely to blame for the worsening conditions.
You don’t think that the million laws, regulations and paperwork requirements makes it more difficult than in the past to invent new things or start a business?
I agree about [redacted]. If you’re refering to ideas which aren’t just taboo in our current era, but in most or all eras, feel free to DM more about them. I like hearing such takes, but they’re anti-memetic so all search engines work against me.
Agreed that we have serious problems today. But I don’t think they are mostly economic in nature. The main new economic problem is that life is now full of traps that didn’t used to exist. High-quality nutritious food is much cheaper than in the 1950s, but junk food is even cheaper and tastes delicious. You can do sports gambling on your phone. You can doomscroll TikTok on your phone. This is a “skill issue”, but many people get hooked on junk food or TikTok as children and children are going to be unskilled. If you avoid the traps, things have never been better (from a purely economic perspective).
I think our main problems are social, cultural, and [redacted]. Unfortunately, a full discussion of them would require touching on some forbidden topics.
They both are and aren’t. Modern molochian problems stem from actions which maximize income, and with the death of god, materialism is winning against traditional morality. We don’t need more money in order to be happier, but on the other hand, living paycheck to paycheck is really hard on the psyche, and it often feels like everyone is out to bleed you dry.
I also think we have less alternatives to these traps than we used to. There’s less communities and family gatherings, less nature to walk in, less social activities around town. Many improvements require collective effort rather than individual effort. I’m immune to these traps, so I don’t think they’re solely to blame for the worsening conditions.
You don’t think that the million laws, regulations and paperwork requirements makes it more difficult than in the past to invent new things or start a business?
I agree about [redacted]. If you’re refering to ideas which aren’t just taboo in our current era, but in most or all eras, feel free to DM more about them. I like hearing such takes, but they’re anti-memetic so all search engines work against me.