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Hypothetically, yes, but these kinds of choices are rarely so binary. For example, we have an opioid/heroin crisis that killed 40,000 people in 2014, driven in
by alphonsegaston 10y ago
Hypothetically, yes, but these kinds of choices are rarely so binary. For example, we have an opioid/heroin crisis that killed 40,000 people in 2014, driven
in no small part by the erosion of meaningful economic opportunity for lower class whites. How much will this problem be multipled by growing automation?
- skoocda 10y agoFurthermore, there were 32,500 suicides in 2013. I wouldn't say the US is in any position to make the choice of prioritizing life over jobs, not yet anyways; there's still no way to live without a job. Market forces will decide, of course, but I suspect we won't be saving lives with autonomous cars. Just differing the time, place and means of death.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoThe 7 million unemployed in the US may disagree - what are they, zombies?
- takingflac 10y agoEveryone dies sometime, this will shuffle the deck a bit and hopefully allow more people to die of old age.