7 ms·
Because all of the necessities are covered? Death by comfort?
by csuper 17y ago
Because all of the necessities are covered? Death by comfort?
- dnsworks 17y agoBut they aren't. Humanity is a social failure. The number of people who go without food, shelter, and basic healthcare in this world is pretty staggering.
- fcu_1 17y agoHistorically speaking, those people haven't been the main engines of innovation. The well educated and necessity-fulfilled crowd has apparently lost some of their competitive appetite. China and India should close the education gap in a decade or so and things should get interesting.
- jacoblyles 17y agoThe proportion of people who go without basic necessities is at or near an all time low.
- dnsworks 17y agoAnd that somehow makes it better? Can you say with a straight face there's a good reason that anybody in this country should be homeless or hungry when we've spent a trillion dollars fighting enemies who weren't really enemies in the past decade?