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Nobody digs a ditch or works in a meat packing plant for the meaning it brings to their lives. I’m not some consummate capitalist, but there is a tremendous am
by ip26 4y ago
Nobody digs a ditch or works in a meat packing plant for the meaning it brings to their lives.
I’m not some consummate capitalist, but there is a tremendous amount of necessary yet unrewarding work that still has to be done by human hands, and I’ve never seen a believable pitch for how that happens in these “post-work” pitches.
- idiotsecant 4y agoNobody digs a ditch because they enjoy it, but plenty of people operate heavy equipment because they enjoy it. Nobody trims meat in a packing plant because they enjoy it, but plenty of people design and operate robotic equipment because they enjoy it. We could end all that if we wanted to, it just wouldn't be as beneficial to the capital class. We have the tools to do the hard and dangerous work without destroying human lives, those of us who benefit the most from the status quo just lack the inclination.
- nradov 4y agoThose tools mostly do not exist. Maybe someday, but not today. It's obvious you haven't spent much time doing heavy manual labor or construction work. There is a huge market opportunity to automate hard and dangerous work. If you build good tools, you'll make a fortune and do some good.
- idiotsecant 4y agoIn fact it just so happens that I have literally done both the jobs in your example in my youth, before I decided to stop doing jobs like that and go back to school. And they both have automated equivalents that are used today.
- PixyMisa 4y agoSo why don't you do it?
- idiotsecant 4y agoBecause people mostly dig ditches and cut meat in soul-destroying ways. That's kind of my point. It is but it doesn't have to be.