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I spent 10 minutes typing a response and then my browser lost it. The gist was that some industries could still employ humans where humans have a decisive compa
by qualudeheart 4y ago
I spent 10 minutes typing a response and then my browser lost it. The gist was that some industries could still employ humans where humans have a decisive comparative advantage, as the customer wants the job the done by a human. This includes social work and production of luxury goods. In industries in which there is no human comparative advantage, humans could still be given jobs for philanthropic reasons.
Charitable housing projects might also require tenants to work. A billionaire might buy an apartment complex, let you live there for free, pay you a few hundred dollars per month, but make you work because the billionaire thinks work is good for you.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoGreat news! In the future we can go back to the wonderful world of paternal feudalism! :( I sympathize over the browser issue.
- qualudeheart 4y agoI don’t think it’s good news myself. I’m in sufficiently wealthy circles to just ask old friends for money. Most other people aren’t, and I’m sure all kinds of abusive cult dynamics will spring up. On net it might be worse than the power dynamics between employee and employer, as employees have more freedom to just walk away. The power dynamics may more closely resemble those between child and parent. Parents also provide their children with housing and money, and impose personal social norms on them.