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Why divert food to machines? Growth, competitiveness. Why make inedible seeds? As a safeguard.
by pygy_ 7y ago
Why divert food to machines? Growth, competitiveness.
Why make inedible seeds? As a safeguard.
- EGreg 7y agoThat’s the problem. Horses and mules were necessary for plowing the fields. And no matter how they unionized, fields have been turned into parking lots for cars. But those were animals. Will we value humans?
- pygy_ 7y agoWe're animals too. Machines will not value humans, and they will be in power. Even before that, many among the very rich consider the poor as sub-human, but few do it in public. Do you remember the PG tweet where he equated unions with potential energy ripe for startups to tap into, rejoicing at the idea of burning down people's life to get richer (edit, here: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/663456748494127104 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/663456748494127104)?