4 ms·
It already has happened. Modern farmers are as productive as 10,000 peasants. When basic needs are taken care of by machines/robots/automation people move int
by jcampbell1 15y ago
It already has happened. Modern farmers are as productive as 10,000 peasants. When basic needs are taken care of by machines/robots/automation people move into entertainment/healthcare/service industries. Starbucks, Disney, Hollywood, Facebook, are all businesses that exist because our caloric, shelter, textile needs are easily met.
I look forward to the future. The less effort humans spend making the things we need the more time we can spend creating the things we want.
- mortehu 15y ago> Modern farmers are as productive as 10,000 peasants. I realize you're exaggerating, but it seems like the real number is more like 10x, and cannot be much more than 120x: http://www.ofac.org/issues/faqs.php http://www.ofac.org/issues/faqs.php > On average, one average farmer feeds over 120 people today compared to 1900 when one farmer fed about 12 people.
- ippisl 15y agoI think you forgot the fact that we eat food that takes much more work to grow. if we will return to eating mostly rice and beans(like in india for example) - the work in those fields can be highly automated , and i'm pretty sure a farmer can feed a lot more than 120X people with rice and beans.
- wavephorm 15y agoAnd what does the talentless auto-worker who got laid off do in this robot operated future? I have a feeling the entertainment in the future will look an awful lot like really bad Youtube videos.