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There has to be a certain point where maintaining the machines becomes more expensive than the labor they would replace. That's just simple supply and demand,
by pmiller2 6y ago
There has to be a certain point where maintaining the machines becomes more expensive than the labor they would replace. That's just simple supply and demand, as the very act of automation would vastly increase the supply of labor. The question is whether it's even ethical to allow humans to work for such a pittance.
- sokoloff 6y agoIf UBI became a reality, I’d argue it’s unethical to not let them work for whatever wage they choose to accept.
- pmiller2 6y agoAt the point where the value of human labor drops so low that humans become viable over machines again, why even bother with money at all? You'd be looking at essentially a post-scarcity world, although subject to the finite resources of the Earth and the amount of energy it gets from the Sun.