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I personally assign a premium value to hand-crafted items. I wonder if others do too, which would explain why software and software jobs can be so highly value
by EdSharkey 10y ago
I personally assign a premium value to hand-crafted items. I wonder if others do too, which would explain why software and software jobs can be so highly valued - everyone knows there's a craft involved in making it.
Likewise, items that are heavily processed or created via automation have values diminishing to zero (for me). I can't eat at Taco Bell anymore so it has a value of zero for me even though I used to love the taste of their food. Taco Bell is so full of chemicals and the quality of their components have dropped below a level my GI can tolerate so I had to swear them off.
If a robot can harvest, pack, pick, transport, cook, clean, and construct tirelessly and safely, I think we should give those jobs to the robot. People will come to know that the craft has gone from those work products, and I would expect that those non-crafted items should diminish in value as we'd only be paying for components/consumables and the design. Everyone's buying power will increase.
I say let it happen, it's inhumane to have work be dangerous or drudgerous anyways.
And it seems to me we shouldn't be looking to Trump for answers to big existential questions like "what will all the workers do with themselves?" That's the makings of comedy gold!
Just let people plan out their own lives and organize collectively where they must in order to take care of themselves. Pleading with government to save us only leads to more wasteful power grabs and taxes and spending which just exacerbates our problems.