Indeed. Imagine having to lower real estate prices because demand falls. Fossil fuel use going down, less useless crap produced for less people, less pollution. Having to raise wages because of less unskilled labour available.
My counter argument is that humans are more wasteful when faced with abundance. Look at what we did when we discovered two continents worth of land. When perceived costs are low, waste is high.
Why throw out such a broad insult with no other thoughts? Not only are you dismissing multiple replies at once without elaborating at all on the reasons, you're also creating the impression for future readers that you are dismissing any future replies to your comment.
And why even bother, if you feel that "this place is pathetic. pseudo-intellectualism and autism run rampant" (according to your profile)?
I think everybody has their own breaking points but mine was today. If I hadn't of spent so much of my life here I probably would have just left and been done with it.
Are you ok? I don’t know you but your recent comments are hostile and I assume abnormal.
Please seek professional help outside HN. I don’t mean this in an insulting way, there is no shame in asking for help, but the internet is a bad place to get it.
