[ExI] Meta question again

Dan TheBookMan danust2012 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 25 20:10:51 UTC 2016


I didn't write the part that Bill W attributes to me below.

Oh, and with comments I actually did write, I meant sentiments like this:

http://articles.philly.com/1992-06-04/news/26031005_1_first-reunion-high-school-reunion-father

Note that that's from 01992!

Regards,

Dan
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> On Aug 25, 2016, at 12:35 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 'Worse off' of course depends on your chosen criteria.
> e.g. poorer but happier is possible.  dan
> 
> But if you look at the Economic prospects section, it looks bad for Millennials.
> e.g. higher unemployment and 'under-employment', more still living
> with their parents, lower wages as they started work after the 2008
> crisis, more unemployment expected due to AI, high student debt, etc.
> A bad start to working life like this will probably never be recovered
> from.bill k
> 
> Thanks bill k - to Dan:  I agree with you fully that the web and the spate of current electronic tech is out of this world, the web being the greatest thing that has happened in my lifetime and I use it constantly.  But for most people I think it's a play thing, or a shopping cart, or a substitute for personal phone calls.  Most people are not going to take advantage of the learning that can take place on the  web, nor the immense knowledge available to them.
> 
> So, what I was talking about was what Bill K said - economically we are in a stasis for wages compared to the gains the current teens parents experienced.  SS will have to be saved.  Ditto Medicare and Medicaid.  Business pensions are dropping out of existence.  I won't live to see it but I do worry about how the current teens are going to do in retirement.  
> 
> We are saddling our youngsters with massive college debt that many will never repay and their credit will suffer from it.  Free education is, currently, unrealistic, but so is shoving youngsters into the business world with all this debt.  Medical people take a long time to repay their med school expenses, though I assume they do all right eventually.
> 
> I am sure just about anyone can add to the woes above.
> 
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:35 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 25 August 2016 at 19:03, Dan TheBookMan  wrote:
>> > Start by realizing the claim is put forth almost election cycle. It's part
>> > of the 'everything is getting worse and we must do something now' line of
>> > thinking. And 'do something now' usually means 'vote for my favorite
>> > candidate.'
>> >
>> 
>> 
>> That may be true, but the Millennial generation has been pretty well studied.
>> See: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials>
>> 
>> 'Worse off' of course depends on your chosen criteria.
>> e.g. poorer but happier is possible.
>> 
>> But if you look at the Economic prospects section, it looks bad for Millennials.
>> e.g. higher unemployment and 'under-employment', more still living
>> with their parents, lower wages as they started work after the 2008
>> crisis, more unemployment expected due to AI, high student debt, etc.
>> A bad start to working life like this will probably never be recovered
>> from.
>> 
>> BillK
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