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IKEA has furnished and is renting out a 10 m2 apartment in central Tokyo for about a dollar per month. It's clearly a gimmick of sorts as the furniture in the apartment are worth a lot more then that. Still looking at the pictures it looks like living in a nicely furnished prison cell, that is also very high (floor to ceiling). Any takers for such compact living? I dont think climbing around on ladders to get around is for me.
It seems very futuristic though; it is a staple of sci-fi to pack people like sardines in a can (Ripley's apartment in aliens, 5th element etc., etc.)
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/25/business/ikea-japan-tokyo-tiny-apartment-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.ikea.com/jp/ja/campaigns/ca00-tiny-homes-pub616dcf20
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @11:14PM
Well, here is an example of where such things can be a good thing.
LTT is About to Change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt3-6BsWlPk [youtube.com]
Much of this innovation is needed and you don't really see it anywhere else.
People complain 'well, the rich have way more than everyone else, that's not fair' etc... but under capitalism everyone is better off overall. Google, Facebook, Youtube, Windows, etc... started in the U.S. where you have people with a bunch of extra money sitting around that they can use to invest into creating new things. They do a MUCH better job of starting things that the market would demand much better than any government could ever imagine doing. Taking that away from the innovators, taking away their capital that they can use to further innovate with, would make everyone much worse off in the long run.
I'm not rich. I'm just not jealous and envious of those that have more than me because I realize that, in the long run, maybe they are better than me at using that money and capital to create new things that ultimately benefit me. Letting those that have a history of efficiently creating great things profit from the great things they create so that they can use those profits to create even more great things.