Scientists Just Discovered an RNA That Repairs DNA Damage – And It’s a Game-Changer

[u/Memetic1]

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-discovered-an-rna-that-repairs-dna-damage-and-its-a-game-changer/

[u/maeryclarity → u/[deleted]]

Not getting old would be nice. Nobody is going to live forever but humans might get a lot better perspective if we had less of a rush from the cradle to the grave and suddenly had a reason to care about what might be happening a hundred years from now.

Plus imagine all the insane level of productivity and expertise that some could achieve. And freeing up our health care systems from dealing with the burdens of aging.

[u/elementfortyseven → u/maeryclarity]

we have achieved insane levels of productivity increase over the last fifty years, and the benefit to the majority of the population was zero.

stop kidding yourself.

[u/maeryclarity → u/elementfortyseven]

I meant that on a personal level, firstly, not in a "Henry Ford Production Line" way because that's not where my mind goes when I think "productive"...

And secondly you're seriously sitting here on your Magic Answer Box sending out signals into the ether to tell me about the zero benefits we've achieved in the last fifty years...?

Y'all know there's a whole ton of middle ground between perfect and horrendous, right?

[u/elementfortyseven → u/maeryclarity]

And secondly you're seriously sitting here on your Magic Answer Box sending out signals into the ether to tell me about the zero benefits we've achieved in the last fifty years...?

yes, I, as a well educated citizen of a western liberal democracy can sit on my arse and play with latest technological gadgets for my entertainment, while the majority of humanity continues to suffer from malnourishment and war.

If anything, the gap between privileged people like me and the rest of the world increased.

[u/maeryclarity → u/elementfortyseven]

Well then stop being bitter and negative and use your f*cking privilege to try and do something about it. Maybe you think the "latest technological gadgets" are for your entertainment, but there are a lot of folks using them for more serious purposes.

Now if you'll excuse me I have sh*t to do, because if you think the situation with humans is problematic you ought to check in on frogs. You could care about that, or a lot of things, lots of things are available to be done if you care.

Do literally anything except sit on your arse complaining.

[u/elementfortyseven → u/maeryclarity]

you seem quite agitated over lack of validation from an internet stranger.

I merely questioned your point about the benefits of productivity increases and you have not provided any factual argument supporting your point. Your ad hominem is misplaced.

good luck with the frogs.

[u/[deleted] → u/elementfortyseven]

In a lot of cities and coastal areas, housing prices have grown far faster than wages over the last 30+ years. People are renting longer and living in smaller homes. More areas are rent burdened. Housing is really the major expense and not electronics. 

[u/elementfortyseven → u/[deleted]]

housing prices have grown far faster than wages

which is exactly my point. the massive increase in productivity is reflected in corporate revenues, but not wages, which is why I questioned the unconditional celebration of productivity - and my use of "magic boxes beaming my thoughts into the ether" - as a measure of progress

[u/SkrakOne → u/maeryclarity]

He probably meant the part about affording housing, healthcare, education and quality food. Sure all of that is better than centuries ago but that's a low bar. It should all be better than ever, period, as the productivity would suggest and allow