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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: KenyanPlato on October 18, 2018, 01:20:17 PM

Title: What happens in 20 years when China and India has 1 billion elderly pensioners
Post by: KenyanPlato on October 18, 2018, 01:20:17 PM
Asia is aging first and it is not replacing the populatiin first to support the old one. It seems like it is going to be a really interesting time demographically
Title: Re: What happens in 20 years when China and India has 1 billion elderly pensioners
Post by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on October 18, 2018, 07:38:37 PM
They will become like Japan.  They are not big on immigration.
Title: Re: What happens in 20 years when China and India has 1 billion elderly pensioners
Post by: veritas on October 18, 2018, 09:48:03 PM
We had this conversation before. In Korea they are either selling stuff on the streets, engage in organ harvesting, homeless, kill themselves or walk to a mountain to be eaten by tigers. The latter is a cultural thing.
Title: Re: What happens in 20 years when China and India has 1 billion elderly pensioners
Post by: Higgins the genius on October 18, 2018, 10:07:23 PM
China is investing a lot in artificial Intelligence! If they get it right, it’s productivity will not decline because of aging workforce. They’ll be able to take care of their aging population
Title: Re: What happens in 20 years when China and India has 1 billion elderly pensioners
Post by: veritas on October 18, 2018, 11:11:40 PM
If Cortana is anything to go by.... no thanks?

The science isn't there yet for AI.
Title: Re: What happens in 20 years when China and India has 1 billion elderly pensioners
Post by: KenyanPlato on October 18, 2018, 11:48:10 PM
Quote from: veritas on October 18, 2018, 09:48:03 PM
We had this conversation before. In Korea they are either selling stuff on the streets, engage in organ harvesting, homeless, kill themselves or walk to a mountain to be eaten by tigers. The latter is a cultural thing.

That is sad. I thought s Korea was super wealthy with good social safety net. This is going to be an interesting time to live