Japan’s lost generation is still jobless and living with their parents

Re:Japan’s lost generation is still jobless and living with ... by ginko on Friday October 02, 2020 @09:04AM (#24662154)

> You're awfully pessimistic and ignoring human creativity. And also human capacity for accepting compromises.

Sure we might manage to live with 10 billion people on the planet, maybe even more. But why would we want to? I see no value in having more people on the planet. If anything it only reduces the value of each individual.

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Re:Japan’s lost generation is still jobless and living with ... by mac01021 on Friday October 02, 2020 @02:32PM (#24665552)

> I see no value in having more people on the planet. If anything it only reduces the value of each individual.

Does it? A group of people who just know how to raise and care for nerfs may not be worth anything to me. But add a bunch more people who know how to turn nerf wool into a high-quality textile and I start to value the nerf herders a lot more.

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Re:Japan’s lost generation is still jobless and living with ... by oblio on Friday October 02, 2020 @10:47AM (#24663165)

I'm not saying that I want more people (or fewer people) on the planet.

It's just a fact. We're 8 billion and we'll probably be 11 billion when we reach peak population.

> I see no value in having more people on the planet.

I have to point out that you say this as a person on this planet :-)

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