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Prosperity for whom? The masters of mankind? Ordinary people? The country as a whole? The article never looks at the question. Indeed if we could automate most
by Synaesthesia 4y ago
Prosperity for whom? The masters of mankind? Ordinary people? The country as a whole? The article never looks at the question.
Indeed if we could automate most tasks, as we can, we can eliminate a lot of work. The logical thing we ought to do then is pay a UBI so people can use the extra time, rather than exploit the remaining workers more and let the rest languish in poverty.
- t0suj4 4y agoDepending under what conditions the jobs disappear. When it's due to technological advancement everyone benefits because things like cell phones save people time from waiting for an important call at a specific place. Compare it to when jobs disappear because of a disaster natural or man-made block ports and the factories cannot get the materials to manufacture important components to keep the power grid stable. Everyone loses.
- musicale 4y ago> When it's due to technological advancement everyone benefits I suppose bank tellers may have benefited from being able to use ATMs to deposit their unemployment checks.
- musicale 4y agoOur robot overlords.