Buying vs Saving Economic Theory
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@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@wirestyle22 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@wirestyle22 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
I think robotics will take away a lot of jobs, eventually forcing a change in the way we view jobs or work. I think a lot of the highly educated positions will most likely exist for much longer, but a janitor, taxi driver, cashier, etc will probably not exist for much longer.
Already tons of places cashier is gone. Janitors are already phasing out. Taxi driver we know when that will go away, Tesla already has their replacements driving on the streets.
At what point will we realize we can't have a normal economy anymore because there are actually not enough jobs due to automation? I wonder how bad it's going to need to be.
Most economists have already realized that and many are pushing for a UBI. The US was moving in that direction, albeit slowly, but recent events may have changed that.
Because the economy might collapse?
Actually it might be going that way faster as the US is now narrowly focused on bringing specifically automation jobs back to US soil and sending the ones requiring human capital abroad. -
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
I'm not saying that this whole self worth through today's work isn't something we can't overcome, I'm just saying it will take a Long time.
Lack of motivation is a type of disease now? Didn't know that was a thing I assumed it was because American's are insanely unhealthy and tend to die sooner because of heart disease attributed to weight.
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@Carnival-Boy said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@wirestyle22 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
At what point will we realize we can't have a normal economy anymore because there are actually not enough jobs due to automation? I wonder how bad it's going to need to be.
When unemployment rises significantly. I expect Trump to force a lot of manufacturing to return to the US and then people will be surprised that they still haven't got a job because US manufacturers will just develop robots. I'm not sure we're far away from Apple manufacturing iPhone's entirely in the US using robots are we? Then people will go, "oh, what now?"
There was a study done on that, probably BBC, that showed that he was specifically targeting sectors that use essentially zero humans for manufacturing so that there would be no job creation, only the rich on top getting richer and more middle class getting poorer.
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@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Carnival-Boy said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@wirestyle22 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
At what point will we realize we can't have a normal economy anymore because there are actually not enough jobs due to automation? I wonder how bad it's going to need to be.
When unemployment rises significantly. I expect Trump to force a lot of manufacturing to return to the US and then people will be surprised that they still haven't got a job because US manufacturers will just develop robots. I'm not sure we're far away from Apple manufacturing iPhone's entirely in the US using robots are we? Then people will go, "oh, what now?"
There was a study done on that, probably BBC, that showed that he was specifically targeting sectors that use essentially zero humans for manufacturing so that there would be no job creation, only the rich on top getting richer and more middle class getting poorer.
What bringing back low paying manufacturing jobs that can be easily automated doesn't result in a middle class income? Say it isn't so. /s
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@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
Um, who have you ever heard of dying from lack of motivation that wasn't so old that they couldn't get around? What about work motivates people, you think that people stay alive just so that they can hate life and the moment it doesn't such they give up and die? I think you'll find they die because they are exhausted, don't have enough saved up for retirement and are old.
Plus you can't really compare it, retired people in America struggle to figure out what to do with free time. We don't train people for that moment.
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@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
Um, who have you ever heard of dying from lack of motivation that wasn't so old that they couldn't get around? What about work motivates people, you think that people stay alive just so that they can hate life and the moment it doesn't such they give up and die? I think you'll find they die because they are exhausted, don't have enough saved up for retirement and are old.
Plus you can't really compare it, retired people in America struggle to figure out what to do with free time. We don't train people for that moment.
I think people do lose their purpose but then you have to ask yourself why their job was their purpose to begin with
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@wirestyle22 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
Um, who have you ever heard of dying from lack of motivation that wasn't so old that they couldn't get around? What about work motivates people, you think that people stay alive just so that they can hate life and the moment it doesn't such they give up and die? I think you'll find they die because they are exhausted, don't have enough saved up for retirement and are old.
Plus you can't really compare it, retired people in America struggle to figure out what to do with free time. We don't train people for that moment.
I think people do lose their purpose but then you have to ask yourself why their job was their purpose to begin with
Right, it turns out that they never had purpose but just weren't old enough to die yet.
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@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
I'm not saying that this whole self worth through today's work isn't something we can't overcome, I'm just saying it will take a Long time.
Lack of motivation is a type of disease now? Didn't know that was a thing I assumed it was because American's are insanely unhealthy and tend to die sooner because of heart disease attributed to weight.
LOL - not a disease per se, but the feeling of worthlessness and boredom driving people to being lethargic which leads to all kinds of health problems including death.
Now Scott's proposal would possibly help with this. One of the big things I hear from retirees is that their family has no time for them. Their kids have their own lives - taking care of their children and they jobs. If you take the job out of the equation, then there will be more time to spend with the elderly as well as the young.
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@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
I'm not saying that this whole self worth through today's work isn't something we can't overcome, I'm just saying it will take a Long time.
Lack of motivation is a type of disease now? Didn't know that was a thing I assumed it was because American's are insanely unhealthy and tend to die sooner because of heart disease attributed to weight.
LOL - not a disease per se, but the feeling of worthlessness and boredom driving people to being lethargic which leads to all kinds of health problems including death.
Now Scott's proposal would possibly help with this. One of the big things I hear from retirees is that their family has no time for them. Their kids have their own lives - taking care of their children and they jobs. If you take the job out of the equation, then there will be more time to spend with the elderly as well as the young.
Do you have any studies that point to this? Sorry but this just sounds made up. Yes there can be health related complications with depression and other mental disorders but simply retiring doesn't lead to depression.
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@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
Um, who have you ever heard of dying from lack of motivation that wasn't so old that they couldn't get around? What about work motivates people, you think that people stay alive just so that they can hate life and the moment it doesn't such they give up and die? I think you'll find they die because they are exhausted, don't have enough saved up for retirement and are old.
Plus you can't really compare it, retired people in America struggle to figure out what to do with free time. We don't train people for that moment.
Bingo! what to do with the free time. so they just mull around since they don't know what else to do. They suddenly have 40+ hours a week they need to fill. Not always likely that their friends will be retiring at the same time, so they aren't assured to be available, etc.
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@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@wirestyle22 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
Um, who have you ever heard of dying from lack of motivation that wasn't so old that they couldn't get around? What about work motivates people, you think that people stay alive just so that they can hate life and the moment it doesn't such they give up and die? I think you'll find they die because they are exhausted, don't have enough saved up for retirement and are old.
Plus you can't really compare it, retired people in America struggle to figure out what to do with free time. We don't train people for that moment.
I think people do lose their purpose but then you have to ask yourself why their job was their purpose to begin with
Right, it turns out that they never had purpose but just weren't old enough to die yet.
Most of those people would tell you that their purpose was to have kids... by retirement they either did or it's to late, so yes, their purpose is gone.
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@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
I'm not saying that this whole self worth through today's work isn't something we can't overcome, I'm just saying it will take a Long time.
Lack of motivation is a type of disease now? Didn't know that was a thing I assumed it was because American's are insanely unhealthy and tend to die sooner because of heart disease attributed to weight.
LOL - not a disease per se, but the feeling of worthlessness and boredom driving people to being lethargic which leads to all kinds of health problems including death.
Now Scott's proposal would possibly help with this. One of the big things I hear from retirees is that their family has no time for them. Their kids have their own lives - taking care of their children and they jobs. If you take the job out of the equation, then there will be more time to spend with the elderly as well as the young.
Good point, and that's a specific aspect that I had mentioned - things like keeping a garden, spending time with family, time with pets, exercising, volunteering with the unfortunate, helping out at church, working at the community center. Think about active housewives (or househusbands) today. For those that can afford it and don't have kids, non-working spouses aren't specifically idle. They tend to do a lot of things. Plus there are simple things like time to play more video games, watch more television, read more books. Sure, people might be more "idle" but if you remember that 98% of work today is actually idle time... they'd be no more idle, probably nowhere close to as idle.
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My dad turned 65 two years ago. I asked him at 64 when he was going to retire - he said he probably would never retire. So many people he knew that retired died after 5 years, so since he didn't really want to die, he figured he'd keep working.
That said, my dad has no known hobbies. He used to fix cars back when they were mostly mechanical, doesn't touch them now that they are so computerized.
On top of that he has arthritis, so he doesn't get around the best anymore, so building stuff in the garage just isn't enjoyable for him anymore.
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@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
Um, who have you ever heard of dying from lack of motivation that wasn't so old that they couldn't get around? What about work motivates people, you think that people stay alive just so that they can hate life and the moment it doesn't such they give up and die? I think you'll find they die because they are exhausted, don't have enough saved up for retirement and are old.
Plus you can't really compare it, retired people in America struggle to figure out what to do with free time. We don't train people for that moment.
Bingo! what to do with the free time. so they just mull around since they don't know what else to do. They suddenly have 40+ hours a week they need to fill. Not always likely that their friends will be retiring at the same time, so they aren't assured to be available, etc.
That's super weird. Find me anyone, anywhere that thinks "oh good, I can go to work and not be totally idle for 40 hours a week!" I've heard that literally never in my life. People have things that they want to do, even if it is just "doing nothing." Americans can't even get enough sleep to be healthy, just sleeping more would help and would fill some of that time, easily five of the hours right there. Walking to the store instead of driving, another two hours a week. Cooking instead of eating fast food, another seven hours. It's not the problem that you are imagining.
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@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@wirestyle22 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
Um, who have you ever heard of dying from lack of motivation that wasn't so old that they couldn't get around? What about work motivates people, you think that people stay alive just so that they can hate life and the moment it doesn't such they give up and die? I think you'll find they die because they are exhausted, don't have enough saved up for retirement and are old.
Plus you can't really compare it, retired people in America struggle to figure out what to do with free time. We don't train people for that moment.
I think people do lose their purpose but then you have to ask yourself why their job was their purpose to begin with
Right, it turns out that they never had purpose but just weren't old enough to die yet.
Most of those people would tell you that their purpose was to have kids... by retirement they either did or it's to late, so yes, their purpose is gone.
Then the issue is that they are old, not retired.
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@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
My dad turned 65 two years ago. I asked him at 64 when he was going to retire - he said he probably would never retire. So many people he knew that retired died after 5 years, so since he didn't really want to die, he figured he'd keep working.
That said, my dad has no known hobbies. He used to fix cars back when they were mostly mechanical, doesn't touch them now that they are so computerized.
On top of that he has arthritis, so he doesn't get around the best anymore, so building stuff in the garage just isn't enjoyable for him anymore.
So the problems are... he's not motivated to do anything, he's old and has health problems and he irrationally associates retiring with dying instead of the obvious correlation of old age. None of those things would get worse, and some would get better, if he never had to work.
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@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
I'm not saying that this whole self worth through today's work isn't something we can't overcome, I'm just saying it will take a Long time.
Lack of motivation is a type of disease now? Didn't know that was a thing I assumed it was because American's are insanely unhealthy and tend to die sooner because of heart disease attributed to weight.
LOL - not a disease per se, but the feeling of worthlessness and boredom driving people to being lethargic which leads to all kinds of health problems including death.
Now Scott's proposal would possibly help with this. One of the big things I hear from retirees is that their family has no time for them. Their kids have their own lives - taking care of their children and they jobs. If you take the job out of the equation, then there will be more time to spend with the elderly as well as the young.
Do you have any studies that point to this? Sorry but this just sounds made up. Yes there can be health related complications with depression and other mental disorders but simply retiring doesn't lead to depression.
I started this whole line of discussion stating that I had no actual knowledge of study data.
But at the same time it seems like you're fighting the idea because it petrifies you that it might be true.I think IT personal in general probably don't have this issue - they are, in general, more self motivated, looking for new things to learn and dig into.
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If we are going to use weird anecdotes, my dad retired at 53 with zero concern that having time to do things that he enjoyed, not driving to work every day and sitting in an office chair all day would kill him. And he is still alive.
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@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
I'm not saying that this whole self worth through today's work isn't something we can't overcome, I'm just saying it will take a Long time.
Lack of motivation is a type of disease now? Didn't know that was a thing I assumed it was because American's are insanely unhealthy and tend to die sooner because of heart disease attributed to weight.
LOL - not a disease per se, but the feeling of worthlessness and boredom driving people to being lethargic which leads to all kinds of health problems including death.
Now Scott's proposal would possibly help with this. One of the big things I hear from retirees is that their family has no time for them. Their kids have their own lives - taking care of their children and they jobs. If you take the job out of the equation, then there will be more time to spend with the elderly as well as the young.
Do you have any studies that point to this? Sorry but this just sounds made up. Yes there can be health related complications with depression and other mental disorders but simply retiring doesn't lead to depression.
I started this whole line of discussion stating that I had no actual knowledge of study data.
But at the same time it seems like you're fighting the idea because it petrifies you that it might be true.I think IT personal in general probably don't have this issue - they are, in general, more self motivated, looking for new things to learn and dig into.
I think he's fighting it because it sounds crazy and unfounded. There is no logical basis for it and even a study would have to be incredibly complex to even suggest the correlation. You'd HAVE to have people retiring in their 30s, 40 and 50s and still dying crazy young to even suggest that that is what the data was showing.
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@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
@Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:
Instead of a wonderful world of not working and doing whatever you want. I'm reminded of two movies - Wall-e where all of the people became lazy fat people in their floaty chairs or the Matrix when Mr Smith was explaining to Neo that the first edition of the Matrix was a perfect world, but people's brains refused to accept it - they kept waking up.
Don't let pop culture determine your economics. And if anything, wouldn't the opposite happen? Work keeps us from exercising and learning. Do all retired people just stop existing? No, most do more than before they retired because now they can do things that they care about. And that's for people who are older. Imagine the same effect on younger people!
is that true? I hear - though I don't know the study based numbers - that the majority die within 5 years of retirement - mostly because of lack of motivation.
I'm not saying that this whole self worth through today's work isn't something we can't overcome, I'm just saying it will take a Long time.
Lack of motivation is a type of disease now? Didn't know that was a thing I assumed it was because American's are insanely unhealthy and tend to die sooner because of heart disease attributed to weight.
LOL - not a disease per se, but the feeling of worthlessness and boredom driving people to being lethargic which leads to all kinds of health problems including death.
Now Scott's proposal would possibly help with this. One of the big things I hear from retirees is that their family has no time for them. Their kids have their own lives - taking care of their children and they jobs. If you take the job out of the equation, then there will be more time to spend with the elderly as well as the young.
Good point, and that's a specific aspect that I had mentioned - things like keeping a garden, spending time with family, time with pets, exercising, volunteering with the unfortunate, helping out at church, working at the community center. Think about active housewives (or househusbands) today. For those that can afford it and don't have kids, non-working spouses aren't specifically idle. They tend to do a lot of things. Plus there are simple things like time to play more video games, watch more television, read more books. Sure, people might be more "idle" but if you remember that 98% of work today is actually idle time... they'd be no more idle, probably nowhere close to as idle.
You're absolutely right - but what percentage of people fall into that category? I'm guessing not that many. In the US, most households require two person incomes to survive.
Again, I'm not against the idea in general. It's moving past all of the current preconceived notions for all of us old timers.
