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The future I and many others envision is one in which that's all taken care of by machines. From power generation to maintenance, etc. I believe we have yet to
by meri_dian 9y ago
The future I and many others envision is one in which that's all taken care of by machines. From power generation to maintenance, etc.
I believe we have yet to fully appreciate the ability of a developed economy to produce jobs and work for people to do. Even if we automate the entirety of the food production, mining and energy generation industries, new forms of work will spring up to absorb anyone that may have been displaced by automation.
Whenever some work is automated, people insert themselves on top of that layer of production to form a new layer. This process continues ad infinitum. At least that's been the case for the entire history of organized human society.
- Razengan 9y agoWe should really review the idea that everyone should “work.” If machines are doing everything, and I’m not taking resources away from anyone else, why should I work?
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- otempomores 9y agoBecause protestant work ethics declared reality evil?
- nightski 9y agoI understand what the future you and others envision is (it comes up on HN all the time). What I was asking is if you have any references to someone who has actually thought very deeply about this to see if it is even feasible. It's easy to just say machines will take care of everything. That is a long stretch from it actually happening and I think there are many fundamental problems you'd encounter trying to achieve that. Just looking for books, novels, whatever that might explore the idea a lot further.