Programming Still Sucks

Re:Programming Still Sucks by stevenlangbroek on Thursday May 07, 2026 @06:55AM (#48047899)

So? We produce enough food for 10 billion people every year, there's only 8 billion of us and a billion are hungry. Those seem like legible KPIs for shareholders (i.e. humanity) to pursue, no? And while World GDP is up, it's come at the expensive of the systems we depend on.

I want my son to live on a livable planet, and not under the constant threat of destitution. And I want that for all children, not just mine.

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Re:Programming Still Sucks by munksbeer on Thursday May 07, 2026 @07:50AM (#48048251)

Everyone wants that. But people on this thread are arguing that technology is reducing our standard of living, which is just factually untrue.

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Re:Programming Still Sucks by stevenlangbroek on Thursday May 07, 2026 @08:37AM (#48048641)

Depends on who & what you ask. Aggregates hide important nuance. For who? At what cost to who? Do the people who bare the cost have a say? Would they agree that it's worth it? What's their life worth?

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Re:Programming Still Sucks by esseph on Thursday May 07, 2026 @01:11PM (#48051943)

There is more to life than economics.

High trust societies, a feeling of place and well-being in a culture, connectedness, etc.

https://data.worldhappiness.report/map

Note: Look at the US continuing to move down the report year after year.

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Re:Programming Still Sucks by CRConrad on Friday May 15, 2026 @02:03PM (#48151792)

Who was arguing that technology is reducing our material "standard of living"?

There's more to life than one's material standard of living. I think people were mostly talking about the other bits.

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