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Yoghurt delivery women combatting loneliness in Japan

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Re: Yoghurt delivery women combatting loneliness in Japan

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Post by nephihaha »

School-Cotton wrote: post #40
rounce wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The BBC is not state funded, it's a public broadcaster primarily funded by the general public, via the (admittedly outdated) TV licence fee system. Although the media output for the UK is non-commercial, it does have commercial operations and interactions though and they are mostly centred around the content produced for overseas consumption. As this post is on the .com domain where the international content exists (…

> The BBC is not state funded, it's a public broadcaster primarily funded by the general public, via the (admittedly outdated) TV licence fee system. How is that different from being state-funded? Everything state-funded is paid for by the general public, through taxes. That's part of what being a state is : an organization that forces people to pay taxes and directs them to various programs. Are you claiming that th…

The state has changed it from a criminal offence to a civil one. They also have to apply for a warrant to enter a home which takes time is legally difficult.

The enforcers work for neither the BBC nor the government but are subcontracted out.

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Aaargh20318 wrote: post #21

Every time I read an article about people trying to solve the 'loneliness epidemic' I can't help but wonder if we're not trying to solve the wrong problem. Maybe the solution should not be sought in trying to increase social connections but in eliminating our need for social contact. This dependence on other humans has always felt like a flaw to me. Note that I'm not saying that human contact is bad, just that our pa…

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Post by nobodyandproud »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #21

Every time I read an article about people trying to solve the 'loneliness epidemic' I can't help but wonder if we're not trying to solve the wrong problem. Maybe the solution should not be sought in trying to increase social connections but in eliminating our need for social contact. This dependence on other humans has always felt like a flaw to me. Note that I'm not saying that human contact is bad, just that our pa…

https://fablesofaesop.com/the-fox-who-lost-his-tail.html

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Post by Towaway69 »

Tepix wrote: post #48
Aaargh20318 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To learn, to create, to grow? None of these things necessarily involve other humans.

But why if no-one is around to see it, admire it, comment on it, use it?

If a human lives and no one noticed that human, did that human really live or have a life?

Much like a soundless tree in the forest.

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Post by throwaway613746 »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #21

Every time I read an article about people trying to solve the 'loneliness epidemic' I can't help but wonder if we're not trying to solve the wrong problem. Maybe the solution should not be sought in trying to increase social connections but in eliminating our need for social contact. This dependence on other humans has always felt like a flaw to me. Note that I'm not saying that human contact is bad, just that our pa…

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Post by TaupeRanger »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #35
onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then, like, what's the point of even being a human instead of a robot?

To learn, to create, to grow? None of these things necessarily involve other humans.

Absolutely wrong, of course. At the risk of engaging with apparent rage bait: social interaction is one type of human yearning. So are learning, creating, and growing. Each of them requires other humans. Learning requires studying the knowledge created by other humans. Creating requires materials and methods created by other humans. Growing requires learning, so by extension, other humans.

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Post by swed420 »

kelipso wrote: post #31
Aaargh20318 wrote: post #21

Every time I read an article about people trying to solve the 'loneliness epidemic' I can't help but wonder if we're not trying to solve the wrong problem. Maybe the solution should not be sought in trying to increase social connections but in eliminating our need for social contact. This dependence on other humans has always felt like a flaw to me. Note that I'm not saying that human contact is bad, just that our pa…

This is the kind of detached from humanity viewpoint that I come to hacker news for. Keep it up.

I mean, the first part of their comment got my hopes up:

> Every time I read an article about people trying to solve the 'loneliness epidemic' I can't help but wonder if we're not trying to solve the wrong problem.

But then I realized we differed on what the root problem/solution were.

What economic/social forces are making it so that the elderly get their emotional needs met through gig workers instead of their own families?

Another point the article doesn't mention is the emotional toll this likely has on the workers. Having once worked a role where I regularly helped the elderly and got to know the same individuals over some years, it was a constant churn of disappointment when they'd inevitably die.

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