A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean?

“In the end, isn’t it mass suicide and mass ‘seppuku’ of the elderly?” Seppuku is an act of ritual disembowelment that was a code among dishonored samurai in the 19th century. “Whether that’s a good thing or not, that’s a more difficult question to answer,” Dr. Narita told the questioner as he assiduously scribbled notes. In his day job, Dr. Narita conducts technical research of computerized algorithms used in education and health care policy. “I predict it to be more broadly discussed.”At Yale, Dr. Narita sticks to courses on probability, statistics, econometrics and education and labor economics. “So my main concern in a case like his is that he’s being distracted by other things, and that’s kind of a shame.”The post A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan.