Ask HN: What skills will be useful during an upcoming recession/depression?

Re:Ask HN: What skills will be useful during an upcoming rec... by pergadad on Sunday March 22, 2020 @05:45PM (#22658989)

Sorry, I don't want to be too negative but I find your sentiment very naive and self-centred.

If you're well off now you'll be fine. If you're decently off in a wealthy country you'll be fine too. If you're one of the precariously employed and healthcare-less workers in a country like the US you will suffer and might die. If you are a precariously employed person in a poor country you'll watch many friends and family die.

Think what happens in Italy, a country with one of the best healthcare systems in the world, hitting South Sudan. Don't confuse your reality with how it will hit the rest of the world.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills will be useful during an upcoming rec... by BurningFrog on Sunday March 22, 2020 @08:15PM (#22660072)

I'm quite aware this can become the biggest tragedy of our time. That's what I meant by "one way or another".

But I was only trying to think about the economic consequences for the survivors, after whatever is to come is over.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills will be useful during an upcoming rec... by quickthrower2 on Monday March 23, 2020 @03:28AM (#22661910)

This hitting Syria give me the chills.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills will be useful during an upcoming rec... by BurningFrog on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:07AM (#22664788)

It's come to Afghanistan via Iran.

That may be the least prepared country for it.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills will be useful during an upcoming rec... by omar_a1 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @08:22PM (#22680597)

I was thinking the same thing about the densely-populated Gaza Strip. They're already severely lacking in medical needs.

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