# What’s going to be a problem in 25 years, but people are choosing to ignore now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-going-to-be-a-problem-in-25-years-but-people-are-choosing-to-ignore-now/979356 "2023-02-06T01:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 153
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-going-to-be-a-problem-in-25-years-but-people-are-choosing-to-ignore-now/979356/153 "2023-02-16T20:39:04Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > This is the biggest boon to the third world they have ever had Nope. Debt erasure would be the biggest gift. Hell, Gate’s mosquito nets are a bigger boon. > [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > It will bring commerce and education to remote villages. On what devices, with what electricity? Yeah, so much for “one product” > [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > It will enable people to move to rural areas and still remain connected for working at home. This is a Developed World aspiration. Not what the Global South needs. > [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > This will also allow people to work without having to live in places where real estate prices are crazy. It will lower the cost and improve the speed of satellite service on planes and ships. What does this have to do with the “Third World”[sic]? And where are the remote poor in the Global South getting $600 initially and $100/month? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-going-to-be-a-problem-in-25-years-but-people-are-choosing-to-ignore-now/979356)._