“As income rises, people’s time use does not appear to shift toward activities that are associated with improved affect.” We are so dumb
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Replying to @literalbanana
Seems to me that all the time saved by mechanization has been taken up with administrative negative externalities. Everyone spends 20 hours/week dealing with dysfunctional institutions that demand form-filling and phone calls with low-level bureaucratic staff
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Replying to @AlexGodofsky @literalbanana
I do often ask myself if I’m doing something wrong somehow! Can’t figure out what, if so.
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Replying to @Meaningness @literalbanana
I think if you get struck by the health care lightning bolt it just sucks.
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Replying to @AlexGodofsky @literalbanana
Yes, that’s definitely major! OTOH, it’s a common experience for middle-aged people. When a parent gets old and stops functioning, *someone* in the family has to spend a full-time year on this stuff, minimum. Can be a lot worse.
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Replying to @Meaningness @literalbanana
In the past you might have had to care for them directly (could be better, could be worse) and also they would have died a lot sooner, obviating their need for care.
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More generally our need to spend resources on health care (which is sometimes useful, sometimes not) that didn't used to exist eats up a chunk of productivity growth.
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Yeah… seems like this is heading for a breaking point in the next decade or so (exacerbated by demographic crisis of Boomer aging)
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