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[0] Don't come to me with "people have netflix and 4k TV so their lives are better now than 50 years ago"Why not?
Communication is cheaper. In the past if you moved abroad or simply far enough then you would lose contact with your family. That's not the case anymore. Remember long distance calls?
Transportation is cheaper/safer. Cars of today are way better than those from the past. Let alone anything preceding that.
Food is cheaper. Cheaper transport means cheaper food. When is the last time a developed country had a famine? Can you even imagine something like that? Our immediate ancestors did.
Life expectancy is significantly higher than it was before. Life expectancy in 1950 was 68 years in the US, 72 years in 1975, 76 in 2000, and almost 79 in 2021. In my country life expectancy at birth has gone up 10 years during my lifetime!
There's less violent crime. Violent crime has halved in the US since 1993. This might not seem related to automation and quality of life, but I think it is - if people are living better lives then crime should decrease.
Housing has become more expensive, but housing seems to scale with income - if people have more disposable income in the area, then housing is going to be more expensive.
>retirement age is increasing
Perhaps this was unsustainable in the first place? They were effectively borrowing from future generations. Virtually every country in the world has been increasing retirement age significantly. Retirement policies were created at a time where the expectation was an ever increasing population. That has changed.
Why not?
Communication is cheaper. In the past if you moved abroad or simply far enough then you would lose contact with your family. That's not the case anymore. Remember long distance calls?
Transportation is cheaper/safer. Cars of today are way better than those from the past. Let alone anything preceding that.
Food is cheaper. Cheaper transport means cheaper food. When is the last time a developed country had a famine? Can you even imagine something like that? Our immediate ancestors did.
Life expectancy is significantly higher than it was before. Life expectancy in 1950 was 68 years in the US, 72 years in 1975, 76 in 2000, and almost 79 in 2021. In my country life expectancy at birth has gone up 10 years during my lifetime!
There's less violent crime. Violent crime has halved in the US since 1993. This might not seem related to automation and quality of life, but I think it is - if people are living better lives then crime should decrease.
Housing has become more expensive, but housing seems to scale with income - if people have more disposable income in the area, then housing is going to be more expensive.
>retirement age is increasing
Perhaps this was unsustainable in the first place? They were effectively borrowing from future generations. Virtually every country in the world has been increasing retirement age significantly. Retirement policies were created at a time where the expectation was an ever increasing population. That has changed.