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> who benefits most in that equation? That depends on how the extra profit is distributed, aka taxation and social welfare. Slaving away 40 hours a week on a b
by clusterfish 5y ago
> who benefits most in that equation?
That depends on how the extra profit is distributed, aka taxation and social welfare. Slaving away 40 hours a week on a bullshit job that can be trivially automated is not a benefit per se.
- Supermancho 5y ago> Slaving away 40 hours a week on a bullshit job that can be trivially automated is not a benefit per se. For some workers, that's a huge benefit. If they get ousted they have to find another degenerate position or work for a lower salary. Usually it's both.
- clusterfish 5y agoI mean that money is the benefit, not the work itself. Our wealth distribution system is not suitable for significant levels of automation at all - that is the root of the problem, not automation itself.
- imtringued 5y agoPeople measure prosperity by employment, not the work they do, which is how we get backwards economics where it is better to destroy the planet.