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We've hit Peak Hunter/Gatherer and a Farmer Wants Your Job. Now What? This has been going on ever since humans started thinking up better or different ways of
by lujim 10y ago
We've hit Peak Hunter/Gatherer and a Farmer Wants Your Job. Now What?
This has been going on ever since humans started thinking up better or different ways of doing things. Maybe we don't need as many money managers and brokers doing work that is done cheaper and better with technology. We will still need some, but not as many. There will be new areas where smart, driven people can make a great living.
- sevenless 10y agoAnd for the rest of us, will there be suicide booths, or should we just starve to death?
- lujim 10y agoYou could build suicide booths for other people! Edit: One other thing to think about is how drastically automation could reduce the cost of living. In 1928 "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" was a campaign slogan. In 2016 where you can get a whole uncooked chicken for a few bucks in a grocery store it seems quaint that this resounded so heavily with the general public in 1928.
- TruthAndDare 10y agoCan't we still be hunters/gatherers?
- CelestialTeapot 10y ago> Can't we still be hunters/gatherers? Sure! Now then, whose land will you be hunting/gathering on? You'll most likely have to pay for access to someone's land, and they probably won't barter access for chickens/goats.
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- tehrei 10y agoMost of Canada is uninhabited. You just have to inhabit it for a bit and homesteading law says it's yours. Also, if you just take some land in bumfuck nowhere and form a hunter/gatherer tribe, I don't think anyone would bother sending enough law enforcement to boot you off of it.