My kid's generation doesn't really have a shred of hope, does it?

[Cary]

79. "Future Shock"

I remember that movie going around when I was in high school, and my home room teacher (who was insane but still insightful in so many ways) scoffing and saying that "future shock" is nothing new. There is always future shock. And too I am reminded by my first day of Economics 101, reading Samuelson. Samuelson said that there was one and only one hard and fast fact and that is that absolutely everything will change.

Yes, we can produce more and more with fewer and fewer people and this is going to produce changes of all kinds. But don't make the same error as "conservatives" and Ayn Rand cultists. Don't over value the supply curve. The supply curve has no value whatsoever without the demand curve. If you can produce a zillion widgets for 1 cent, you would never produce any if no one could buy them.

All you're talking about here is the breakdown of the current system. It's true that we could end up in a Hunger Games scenario but what's the actual benefit of that to anyone?

There is plenty of hope. Change isn't always bad. I have some confidence that my kids can be smarter than I was.