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How does this relate to internet access?

People don’t have to die for degrowth, just less people have to be born

I agree with this sentiment but wonder… as long as there are humans, is an ever increasing resource consumption and waste production inevitable? Isn’t this unquenchable desire for more intrinsic to humans? Yes, this means we will probably blow the planet it up, but is there any other way?

If a business lasts long enough for your code to be replaced, that’s a success. The code you wrote helped your company beat the odds and stay alive.

I’m not convinced that an enterprising kid couldn’t easily bypass these restrictions

Just curious, what makes Crystal so much faster for this use case?

I attempted to deploy a simple app on Fly a couple of weeks ago, but porting it from heroku became a nightmare, servers crashing, cryptic error messages, etc. Maybe I'm in the minority but in any case my experience with Fly definitely left me questioning the hype around it.

Indeed, the amount of overengineering these days is astounding

A lot of people that are passionate about things are not content with the status quo. They want to “make a mark” so to speak.

Not to dissuade you from finding passion, but from someone who’s always been passionate about things, it can drive you a little crazy. Not to mention the joy that you speak of is temporary, there is always another hill to climb/ goal to reach

That’s a good point. I suppose then, to a hyper intelligent alien species we would be the Koala’s, unintelligent but conscious.

One could imagine that human’s would appear unconscious to a hyper intelligent alien species. Perhaps it’s all relative.

Thanks for the explanation. Do you think humans will find creative ways to make non-usurious interest loans usurious? I am doubting that the line will be as clear as you describe. It sounds good in theory but the reality will be far more complex.

Perhaps the solution to such a complex problem isn’t as simple as a “do this and don’t do that”. Perhaps a complex problem should be looked at more multi-dimensionally.

Like most things, loans can be good and loans can be bad. Context matters. The rule of law is meant to protect people and keep the economy healthy. The law is ever-evolving. Sometimes it comes up short but in a healthy nation it can adapt itself to the times.

Regarding mortgage, most people in the west use their home as their retirement fund. After 10-15 years of ownership, the house is often worth twice as much as their total mortgage. The difference between what the outstanding debt and the value of the asset is called equity, and this can be quite substantial.

> houses would be at prices which people can afford through their salary.

Isn’t this how a mortgage works? Put some money down, and allocate a portion of your monthly salary to pay the remainder.

> Interest seeks to empower people who have money by making them more and more richer.

The largest and most profitable companies in the world are oil/gas and technology. Wealth inequality would definitely still exist

> Whereby the risk of the person receiving investment is shared with the lender.

Is this not already the case?

> This is in contrast with a conventional loan where if your property or business burns down, you still have to pay off the loan to the bank.

Isn’t this what insurance is for?

Interest seems like it can be both good and bad. Condemning it completely seems a bit harsh