culdeus
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Well we need a geriatric influenza that takes out a good 30-40% of the world aged 60 and higher.
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What are the 5 most important issues facing us today (1 Viewer)
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Well we need a geriatric influenza that takes out a good 30-40% of the world aged 60 and higher.
rockaction
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Ok since you I said global I'll stick to that - I'll list them roughly in the order of what I think our priority should be:
1. Food/water - while some what different in how we solve for it ultimately I'm still going to lump them together because it seems like an obvious thing to do. Considering how advanced we are as a group of people it is quite shameful that we have people die from lack of food/water. I'm not saying it's an easy solve but something is wrong when a good portion of our society is morbidly obese and yet some lack for food.
2. Climate/environment - while #1 is an immediate need and why I prioritized it ahead if this I think it's something that should. It be partisan in any way and we should do whatever we can to take care of the natural resources we have
3. Income inequality - I can't say it any better than Bernie - just go watch some YouTube clips - we are a nation and a globe of haves and have nots and you could lump in some really, really, realky haves and the money from the first two is disproportionately going to the third
4. AI/automation - a real conversation about BIG needs to be happening right now
5. Healthcare - the rising cost and lack of availability of affordable healthcare for everyone
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Unless you implement some type of (probably immoral) population control then AI will get lumped in with income inequality over time. We aren't going to have enough jobs for everyone.I don't really feel AI/automation is an issue at all
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I like these two also - as jobs go away we need to make affordable education available to anyone who is willing to learn.
James Daulton
Footballguy
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
1) personal oblivion & selfishness
2) personal oblivion & selfishness
3) personal oblivion & selfishness
4) money in politics
5) personal oblivion & selfishness
2) personal oblivion & selfishness
3) personal oblivion & selfishness
4) money in politics
5) personal oblivion & selfishness
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Ageee with the first one. I'm not sold on the second one yet. People are overreacting to Trump winning and sane people are trying to make sense of it. I think some of these explanations are too far reaching and try to paint a picture that just isn't there. I feel very confident in the statement that we are a much more overall accepting society than at any point in our existence and this is just a speed bump in that journey.
Dont just believe what you are force fed in TV but what you see and interact with every day. I work every day with gays, Muslims, women, African Americans, Latinos, atheists and many other categories of people and most of us interact with, live next to and live our lives with those folks. Do people really think things were different/better 25, 50, 75 or 100 years ago? No chance. Should we get better, absolutely - and we do that by shouting down the extremist and continuing to live our lives with those people until the extremists are gone.
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
See my reply above for the post-truth stuff - IMO this is reactionary to Trump winning and is a reach. It exists, no doubt, but people are overselling it to explain why Trump won.
Interesting comment about nukes - it's one where if it happens it goes to 11 so to speak but do we just acknowledge it or can we really do something about it in the short term?
NickyHatton
Footballguy
Well, we have to end apartheid for one. And slow down the nuclear arms race, stop terrorism and world hunger. We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless, and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights, while also promoting equal rights for women. We have to encourage a return to traditional moral values. Most importantly, we have to promote general social concern and less materialism in young people.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
IK - would love for you to expound on this and explain what you mean and why you think we got here and how to fix it. If I'm understanding you I actually think this is less of a problem than just about any time in history but maybe I'm not following your point.
SkyRattlers
Anti-aliai
My neighbor down the street has an inflatable Darth Vader....he's not even dressed up like it's Christmas time for Christsakes!
mquinnjr
Footballguy
Westworld is on demand. Watch it. They're coming.What are the 5 most important issues facing us today?
Not sure I can speak for everyone, but the 5 that I feel are the most compelling in the near term (1-5 years)
-Spiralling/Uncontrollabe health care costs.
-Online security
-Global Warming/Climate change
-Income disparity (not only withing in the U.S., but across the world)
-Global growth and the sustainability of humanity.
I don't really feel AI/automation is an issue at all
Population control and income equality aside....I sincerely doubt AI/automation is going to eliminate ALL THE JOBS in my lifetime.
Anecdotally speaking, in the field I work in (direct mail), automation was brought to the USPS to sort mail via barcoding in 1989. Everyone thought it would lead to decreased labor, decreased costs and improved deliver-ability. Well, almost 30 years later, 1 out of 3 is about right. The USPS is still the second largest employer I believe in the United States. Then about 15-20 years ago, the internet started becoming viable and this thing called email came along, and once again everyone started calling for death of mail volume as who was going to pay for postage when you could send mail electronically for virtually free. And while mail volume, in particular first class mail volume has decreased, it has certainly stabilized over the course of the past 5-7 years and standard mail volume is also pretty solid. People have been calling for the death of the USPS for the past 10 years now. Still going strong.
Sure AI and automation will dip into the labor pool. Humans will adapt. Could this be an issue down the road, sure but I'll be dead, buried and in heaven with all of my FBG pals.
I'm more concerned with issues that will imminently affect me and my children. Thus the reason I don't find this to be an important issue facing us today. In fact, I believe AI and automation IMPROVE the quality of life (even those in lower incomes) as a whole. And I guess at the end of the day, improving quality of life is most important to humans.
Year setting is 2052 on that show. I'll worry about it in 30 years.Westworld is on demand. Watch it. They're coming.
The original movie was 1973 with a setting of 1983.
Call me a cynic but I'll believe it when I see it.
Don't get me wrong, I hear what ya'll are saying....I'm just not at all concerned. The national debt scares me a #### load more than AI....but it's a small blip on my radar too.
Mile High
Footballguy
Apple Jack
Footballguy
Don't know but when Steven Hawking and Elin Musk both say that is the single greatest threat to the species I give that some weight. Musk is literally trying to get off the planet.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I think it's a lot sooner than we think - I had it in my top 5 but not top 3. It's something we need to be talking about now instead of waiting. How long do you expect it to be before driverless cars are allowed on the roads? Some quick google searches comes up with about 4 million truck and taxi drivers in the U.S. Just those two.guru_007 said:Population control and income equality aside....I sincerely doubt AI/automation is going to eliminate ALL THE JOBS in my lifetime.
Anecdotally speaking, in the field I work in (direct mail), automation was brought to the USPS to sort mail via barcoding in 1989. Everyone thought it would lead to decreased labor, decreased costs and improved deliver-ability. Well, almost 30 years later, 1 out of 3 is about right. The USPS is still the second largest employer I believe in the United States. Then about 15-20 years ago, the internet started becoming viable and this thing called email came along, and once again everyone started calling for death of mail volume as who was going to pay for postage when you could send mail electronically for virtually free. And while mail volume, in particular first class mail volume has decreased, it has certainly stabilized over the course of the past 5-7 years and standard mail volume is also pretty solid. People have been calling for the death of the USPS for the past 10 years now. Still going strong.
Sure AI and automation will dip into the labor pool. Humans will adapt. Could this be an issue down the road, sure but I'll be dead, buried and in heaven with all of my FBG pals.
I'm more concerned with issues that will imminently affect me and my children. Thus the reason I don't find this to be an important issue facing us today. In fact, I believe AI and automation IMPROVE the quality of life (even those in lower incomes) as a whole. And I guess at the end of the day, improving quality of life is most important to humans.
Look at retail and cashiers:
"In its annual report on wages and occupational employment, the BLS found that 4.6 million Americans worked in retail sales while 3.4 million more worked as cashiers, making up almost six percent of total U.S. employment. The two job categories increased by a combined 400,000 workers since 2012"
How many cashiers jobs will be lost?
I agree with you and others that some there will be some jobs that replace these but I think over time technology will replace so many jobs that we will have to seriously look at a basic income guarantee. Maybe it's not in our lifetimes but I wouldn't bet on it.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
What is your worst case scenario for you personally as it relates to the national debt? Not trying to be snarky - genuinely curious. I'm not sure I fully get what the impact would realistically be to all of us.guru_007 said:
GrandpaRox
Footballguy
Muslim Terrorists
Open Borders
Debt
BLM
Liberals
Open Borders
Debt
BLM
Liberals
The Future Champs
Footballguy
1. Overpopulation.
2. Stagnating economy with large debt.
3. Potential for automation to eliminate many jobs in near future.
4. Climate change.
5. Stupidity, and false news.
2. Stagnating economy with large debt.
3. Potential for automation to eliminate many jobs in near future.
4. Climate change.
5. Stupidity, and false news.
The Future Champs
Footballguy
Maybe. Depends on how we define "important".cockroach said:
Substance abuse, and the opioid epidemic, is nothing new. This has been going on since the dawn of time. It's unfortunate, and it'd be great if we could end it, but we can't. We should try to
Homelessness is primarily the by-product of three separate (but sometimes related) issues: mental illness, substance abuse, and economic competition.
The General
Footballguy
Environment
Education
Poverty
Over Consumption
Poor Driving
Education
Poverty
Over Consumption
Poor Driving
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
Well you could have had it amputated for a lower cost. Sounds like your surgery was elective.
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
This is a very good point. Doctors hand out antibiotics for almost everything because most people feel like they are being cheated if they don't receive something tangible with their copay visit. Spoke with several doctors that say studies show that people/patients will switch providers if they don't get some sort of pill on each visit. I think this is why you see Grandma with 30 medications. On one hand people complain about how high medicine costs have become, but on the other hand people will complain if a doctor tells them that what you have at the moment will "run its course in a week" so suck it up buttercup. Consumer will always get what they want in the end.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Blame the radicals we never see coming until the damage is done ...so yes ...a few bad apples can ruin a bunch
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
Topics that worry Americans a great deal:
54% - The availability and affordability of healthcare
53% - The economy
51% - The possibility of future terrorist attacks in the U.S.
46% - The Social Security system
46% - The size and power of the federal government
46% - The way income and wealth are distributed in the U.S.
43% - Hunger and homelessness
43% - Crime and violence
39% - Illegal immigration
38% - Drug use
37% - Unemployment
34% - The quality of the environment
28% - The availability and affordability of energy
28% - Race relations
25% - Climate change
54% - The availability and affordability of healthcare
53% - The economy
51% - The possibility of future terrorist attacks in the U.S.
46% - The Social Security system
46% - The size and power of the federal government
46% - The way income and wealth are distributed in the U.S.
43% - Hunger and homelessness
43% - Crime and violence
39% - Illegal immigration
38% - Drug use
37% - Unemployment
34% - The quality of the environment
28% - The availability and affordability of energy
28% - Race relations
25% - Climate change
Ned
Footballguy
This was an interesting animation of how the world population has taken off. I'm sure some will pick at the world events they chose to show, but it was interesting to see how things have exploded over the past century compared to the rest of history.
https://vimeo.com/130468614
https://vimeo.com/130468614
I'm not all that concerned with the national debt on a micro level as it concern would be to me, but rather a macro level to the US economy as a whole. And while there are many thoughts on the national debt, the sheer total of it is mind blowing to me (as a total against GDP for instance). One day the roosters may come home to roost and it seems to me the printing presses on our currency will falter one day. At this point I'm willing to walk before we run and tackle the budget deficit so we can at least start addressing the debt. It seems to me it just keeps getting kicked on down the road. At this point it's just a number no one seems to care about, but one day it may be significantly more than that.
But, like I said previously I'm more concerned with other issues such as suppose someone just turned off the internet or the financial systems are hacked beyond repair? I can't imagine not being able to log into my accounts or else logging in and seeing zero balances across the board with no repercussion. I am probably just naive and don't have a sound enough understanding of it.
The Commish
Footballguy
1. Lack of empathy/sympathy for our fellow man.
2. Lack of self awareness
3. Overt self righteousness
4. Inability to communicate effectively
5. Increasing sense of entitlement
2. Lack of self awareness
3. Overt self righteousness
4. Inability to communicate effectively
5. Increasing sense of entitlement
