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> the people need to own the robots that do all the work What happens when a private party (or a competitive public party, like China) designs cheaper and more
by prostoalex 9y ago
> the people need to own the robots that do all the work
What happens when a private party (or a competitive public party, like China) designs cheaper and more efficient robots?
The conflict is explored in Ayn Rand's "Anthem", where the society is a collective owner of a candle factory and therefore resists advance of electricity, or Mike Judge's "Idiocracy", where half of the workers in the country are employed in various capacities by Brawndo beverage company.
- aleksei 9y agoThen the Chinese also have robots? I haven't read those two works of fiction, maybe you could expand on what you think happens?
- prostoalex 9y agoSociety just ends up owning a bunch of obsolete tools whose products are of no interest to any consumer.