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In the US we're all 'Throwaway People'. Its just a matter of time before all our jobs here are automated (programming, lawyering, even art and design). And yet
by lowbloodsugar 9y ago
In the US we're all 'Throwaway People'. Its just a matter of time before all our jobs here are automated (programming, lawyering, even art and design). And yet everybody here seems to think that they will get different treatment than detroit workers, or truckers, or who-ever is losing their job to automation. The rich have responded perfectly consistent to automation opportunities, and yet somehow programmers seem to think it will be different for them. Instead we spend all our time discussing the various merits of each of these jobs, and how its probably a good thing that they've been automated. Its like everyone thinks we're magically going to get Star Trek instead of Blade Runner.
- int_19h 9y agoWhether we'll get Star Trek or Blade Runner depends entirely on us. Automation enables both of these possibilities, but it also requires political action to adjust the economic system accordingly. Whether said political action takes the form of ballots and bills, or torches and pitchforks, remains to be seen - it could go either way.
- mistermann 9y agoModern democracy is an illusion. Until the pitchforks come out it will be one group after another thrown under the bus.
- solonagathon 9y agoActually it's the pitchforks that are an illusion. State control today makes subjects docile even when they have nothing to lose.