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A lot of those automations require capital, which only the business in question will be able to provide at a reasonable cost.
by ddebernardy 8y ago
A lot of those automations require capital, which only the business in question will be able to provide at a reasonable cost.
- mrtksn 8y ago260K workers can provide the capital by investing a fraction of their salary. A 4K a year on average per worker will provide 1 Billions $ a year to invest in technology to make UPS jobs obsolete. There's no rule that one person or company should own all the machines that put people out of work, maybe it can be better for everyone if the machines are owned by a large number of private owners. Basically decentralised communism or if you want it to sound nicer, shared automation economy through crowdfunding.
- jaxn 8y agoThe knowledge required to build machines that can do the job would require intellectual property or trade secrets that the company owns.
- mrtksn 8y agoSure, what’s the problem?
- ddebernardy 8y agoA lot of people don't have the income level necessary to afford being able to spend a few bucks here and there on some investment.