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This is potentially very much like saying, "we burned this little bit of fuel, and all that happened was the fire got brighter because it spread to more fuel! I
by andrewflnr 6y ago
This is potentially very much like saying, "we burned this little bit of fuel, and all that happened was the fire got brighter because it spread to more fuel! It can never go out!".
There's no reason to expect the job-generation cycle to last forever. In fact there's every reason to believe it can't. The question is whether it ends on a scale more like decades or centuries. To blindly assume that things will continue as they have is foolish. (To be clear, I think the solution looks more like UBI than Luddism.)
- marcusverus 6y agoI agree that the job-generation cycle may not last forever. But in order to oppose new tech as a bad thing right now, you have to make the case that the job-generation cycle is broken right now. Arguing against new tech now because of some inevitable eventual breakdown of the job-generation cycle is just luddism with extra steps.
- andrewflnr 6y agoSure, it's the blind faith that everything will magically be fine that pisses me off. We need to be preparing for a post-work economy.