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You'd be surprised, you just described a world not far removed from reality today.

• IIIIIIIIIIII 10y ago
  Uhm... I described an "either...or". So, which one? or do you mean one in which inequality already is a problem? Naturally. The question is if robots change it towards more inequality or less.
• PeterisP 10y ago
  There is a big difference. In parts of the ancient world that had mass slavery, slaveholders needed their slaves to produce their wealth, so no matter how they oppressed them, there was a motivation to keep them alive. In the feudal system, lords needed their peasants to produce their wealth, so no matter how they oppressed them, there was a motivation to keep them alive, strong and in growing numbers. In the industrial age, capitalists needed their workers to produce their wealth, so no matter how they tried to oppress them, there was a motivation to keep them from striking and even more so, actively consuming to stimulate the rest of economy. In the new age, whoever (or whatever) is at the top won't need most of humans in any way whatsoever.
  • visarga 10y ago
    As long as they only encourage the use of contraception, and have no plan of killing already born people, it's a good idea to lower the total population of our planet.