Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981)

Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by Joeri on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:24AM (#22986081)

Well, let’s optimize for those things then. Right now growth mostly means making the rich richer. Trickle down economics have been discredited for a while.

I wish governments would set quality of life targets instead of gdp targets. If you need to grow gdp to get to a better quality of life, fine, but please, let’s all stop spreading the lie that gdp growth inevitably leads to increased quality of life, because often it causes the reverse.

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by jason0597 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:52AM (#22986457)

I think the reason you are being downvoted is due to your aggressive tone and due to you not including many sources in your claims (or at least, minimal reasoning behind them).

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by mjburgess on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:47AM (#22987099)

https://ourworldindata.org/

The reason I phrased it as a search term, rather than via reference, is to encourage people just to search for it.

I'm sufficiently confident in the empirical evidence that any reputable-looking resource measuring these things over the last 40year will report what I describe.

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by Razengan on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:47AM (#22986439)

> Growth is that continuing.

For how long? Until when?

What is the endgame?

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by cameronbrown on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:59AM (#22987179)

Until everyone on Earth is satisfied with their quality of life. Growth doesn't necessarily mean doing more, sometimes you can achieve growth by doing less. This will become a bigger focus in future.

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by Razengan on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:18AM (#22987315)

> Until everyone on Earth is satisfied with their quality of life.

And then what? How will you maintain that?

And how much of other species' habitats would we ruin to achieve that in the first place?

People may never be satisfied with their lives as long as they perceive inequality (real or imagined).

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by cameronbrown on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:25AM (#22987360)

Put it this way, if economic growth no longer happens, then we aren't growing as a species either. Are any of us prepared for the ramifications of humanity's peak?

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