The bizarre thing about this is that the media and tech companies are pretending this is because these people WANT to live in pods.
Not because they can’t afford anything, even when they have tech jobs that should mean they get paid well.
It’s the American dream for all your possessions to fit in a backpack so you can be the salaried unhoused.
No possessions, only consume!
That’s not how this article reads to me. It even mentions high rent is driving the demand.
I didn’t say this article was portraying it as such.
But in general the media and companies do. This “pod people” and “20 people sharing a 2 bedroom” thing has been in the news on and off for a few years already.
Oh I didn’t think ya were! Sorry I probably should’ve put a /s there or something, absolutely agree! ♥
I was responding to iAmTheTot :)
Why don’t the pods have a door? I mean, if I am paying for it, I at least want to be able to lock it.
You can rent a door for $10/night
And last month this was just a meme…
They have these in Japan as hotels, and they are expensive. It works pretty nicely for that, but renting them as a permanent dwelling is insane…
The standard ones were like $35/night last I checked. Not exactly expensive. Housing (at least in 2017) was fairly cheap in Tokyo and the rest of Japan compared to most countries.
It’s time. This is only going to get worse. (And this is not a call to violence, but reform. Please don’t misunderstand, and hear me out - I use the words of those wiser than me, and wish to share what I have learned.)
We have tried to act by silent manipulation - a perfectly valid way of exercising our will. But we have failed. In attempting to exercise our will in a way synchronous to those more powerful than us, we have instead allowed them to build us into another herd morality - one of willing slavery. This can stand no longer. Violence against those weaker than you may be a sign of weakness, but using it as the last resort to escape those acting counter to your most basic needs may soon become the only way out.
We must act now. We must wait no longer, or soon there may be no alternative to violent revolt. I fear it may be too late. But in the struggle for the power to control your own life, any means required to exercise that will is justified. They are weak in will, and in their weakness, they resort to the illusion of strength that comes from squashing us under their feet.
They fight for themselves and their own will to power. I respect that - but they have made a fatal mistake, and shown their weakness by resorting to a show of force against us. It is this:
There are two ways to exercise your will over another: to annihilate them, and continue on as one force behind your will. Or to build them up, and change their life for the better - to make them a better, stronger person.
The former is what the aristocrats choose. It carries a great illusion of strength. But the latter is how we must fight - while they trample one another, we must strengthen each other. Though we disagree on how to exercise it, we share a common will: change. If we work together to accomplish that, rather than fight like they do, we can overcome their power easily.
Reshaping another’s will by empowering each other is far more potent than fighting each other. In doing so, as a being of will, you make them indebted to you. And that helps orient their will towards yours. And that is how you achieve true power - by starting a movement. One that can shape the very universe to your will.
I have not started a movement. But I see that this movement is in line with my will. So I will add my small power to it, and seek to add more. We have no name or banner. Or rather, we have too many to reconcile. That is good. Instead of fighting for whose details and name should be plastered on a useless surge of will, let’s all join under whatever banner we choose to fly (and I fly only my own just as many of you), and come together to spark the fire of action.
The revolution began long ago. Perhaps it has burned since the beginning of time, recurring forever, and will never truly end until the universe collapses and our eternal will is ended.
But perhaps in fighting, we can join something eternal. Something not reliant on faith or platonic idealism, but rather a tangible effect that repeats until time itself is extinguished.
I choose to join. I ask you to as well. Join us - join the force, with no name or banner, but a common goal - and live, through your will, forever.
why would someone choose this over living literally anywhere else?
Proximity/price and community. Anything in SF proper is going to be, at minimum, 2-3x more expensive. To get this kind of price, you’d need to commute from outside the city.
Re community, the people that live at this kind of place are generally grinding super hard in the tech industry. So trying to live with like-minded workaholics in the same stage of life.
Source: I have lived in SF and east bay, both in places like this, and renting an apt the normal way.
Eeesh. Just get a van and convert it. Park at work. Gym membership for showers.
DMV: “Sir your van cannot be registered using itself as the address”
Like Matrix, but service is lacking and price is still early adopters. In the future, we might not need to leave our pods and get them for free.
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What could possibly go wrong? Such a terrible idea. I hope they have some safety measures in place to prevent sexual assault.
The techies rework really left the poor guys in shambles :(
I stayed in a capsule hotel in Tokyo once. It was awful.
Of course the startup behind it is called “Brownstone”
Why is that significant? Is it a reference to something?
Reminiscent of blackrock maybe?
yep, blackstone, blackrock, the like
Blackstone is what I’m about to make dinner on lmao
I like it. You can rent a parking spot in central Amsterdam for the same price, this is more value and utility for the money.
People deserve the future they want.
Making the best out of a bad situation doesn’t necessarily change the future.
Once you normalize it, it does change the future. Look at the mess we’re in today because we collectively ignored the writing on the wall.
Alright, this is an obvious copy of a japanese box hotel, even the prices are the same with ~25 dollars at night. What I don’t like about it are the non isolated rooms, a silent and save nights rest is not too much to ask. What I do like is the community living, have your own space and share some facilities and appliances. Could save a lot of energy, materials and combat loneliness. I’d love to see appartement blocks where entire floors are living groups where you apply to check if you get along with these people and rent a room. Like a student housing for adults.
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It’s not
