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If we can make food, medicine, and shelter almost free with the help of automation, then people would no longer need jobs to meet their survival needs.
by johnrob 16y ago
If we can make food, medicine, and shelter almost free with the help of automation, then people would no longer need jobs to meet their survival needs.
- tgflynn 16y agoI agree. What I have trouble seeing is how we will transition from a society where most people's share of economic production is based on employment to one that really doesn't need many humans to produce goods.
- algorias 16y agoHumans will produce culture and luxury instead. We're already halfway there: Think of the percentage of people directly involved in producing first necessities compared to a thousand years ago.
- pavel_lishin 16y agoEnergy isn't free. Well, at least not yet.