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A future society where everybody still works maybe isn't utopia but it doesn't seem so bad and neither does a future society where nobody works. What seems real
by frgtpsswrdlame 8y ago
A future society where everybody still works maybe isn't utopia but it doesn't seem so bad and neither does a future society where nobody works. What seems really terrible is a society where there's only enough jobs for some fraction of the population. There's no economic law that there's always more new jobs than old jobs and I don't believe we're going to hit some magical AI take-off point so I think this middle ground is probably the more likely future and it's going to take a painful reorganizing.
- dmortin 8y agoThe question is what kind of standard of living can be provided for people who can't get a job in this future? If they can live at an acceptable level (which can have differing interpretations!), then it's the better case. But if non working people can only be provided some minimum sustanence then those who work will be the elite, because they will be able live on a higher standard of living than the rest and this could lead to some serious social tensions.
- frgtpsswrdlame 8y agoI'm not sure that it's actually okay to have a permanent underclass as long as their conditions are 'acceptable.'