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This is because we work for businesses that are fixated on generating revenue and profits rather than on improving the human condition. Since this is Hacker Ne
by c-linkage 5y ago
This is because we work for businesses that are fixated on generating revenue and profits rather than on improving the human condition.
Since this is Hacker News I'm sure there will be some who can say the two are compatible, but it will only appear that way to the wealthy and the elites -- the rest of us will gain none of the benefits and will be seen solely as "customers" or "partners" from which revenue must be extracted.
One only need look at the transformation of business from selling products to selling services, changing a sales relationship into a rental relationship. For businesses operating key or critical technical infrastructures this is equivalent to a corporate "universal basic income", such as will never occur for the common man.
- Grustaf 5y ago> This is because we work for businesses that are fixated on generating revenue and profits rather than on improving the human condition. Not quite. Few businesses have ever been focused on improving the human condition. The new thing is their ability to control our lives, and our acceptance of that, both in terms of laws and our quiet consent.