• lad@programming.dev
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    2 hours ago

    Yeah, this will probably have interesting consequences down the line, but not in 2030, and maybe not 2100 even

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      2 hours ago

      maybe not 2100 even

      Chinese government does not seem to agree with you, considering its:

      • Pro natal policies
      • Heavy research into automation being sold as “to fill in labour gaps” (even though the gig work is skyrocketing)
      • Retirement age reforms increasing the retirement age

      Chinese universities also do not agree with your flippant attitude and are literally alarmist about it:

      Tsinghua projections (that accurately predicted peak of population) show halving the population (and that > 50% will be people over retirement age) by the year 2100: https://www.dess.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1226/2472.htm

      On the other hand the dude who was saying something about collapsing in 3 years also didn’t knew what he was talking about.

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        1 hour ago

        Imo, if they succeed in automating everything they probably will not have to care about drop in population either