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On the contrary, as we gradually grow further toward work being almost entirely automated, capitalism as we know it will wither and die. There is no market if m
by zzt 8y ago
On the contrary, as we gradually grow further toward work being almost entirely automated, capitalism as we know it will wither and die. There is no market if machines do all the work.
It may take centuries but in the end, the only equitable answer is full communism, managed by a benevolent artificial intelligence.
- noonespecial 8y agoYes perhaps but just like letting toddlers drive your car, trying something that could be good in the future might have terrible consequences now.
- zzt 8y agoMight do, might not. Either way, we need to plan for it.
- WalterBright 8y ago> It may take centuries but in the end, the only equitable answer is full communism, managed by a benevolent artificial intelligence. Sounds like hell to me. (I read a scifi story about this long ago. A man dies, and wakes up in a place where his every whim is instantly granted. After a while, he gets frustrated and tells the person in charge that paradise isn't what he expected. The person tells him he's not in paradise, he's in hell.)