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The rich aren’t going to stop until all the workers are replaced and there’s no one left to buy the products that their companies offer. People have been retrai
by throwaway5959 4y ago
The rich aren’t going to stop until all the workers are replaced and there’s no one left to buy the products that their companies offer. People have been retraining for centuries, getting more complicated workloads the whole time. Eventually there won’t be hardly anything humans can do that machines can’t do better.
The most merciful thing you can do for your offspring is to not have them in the first place.
- kinghajj 4y agoWhy wouldn't I want my offspring to live in a world where dangerous, monotonous, degrading labor is no longer required to live?
- throwaway5959 4y agoBecause for a lot of people, monotonous labor is all they’re capable of. I know that sounds crazy when you’re surrounded by people in the top 10% of IQ, but not everyone can be a neurosurgeon. Dangerous labor should absolutely be 100% automated whenever possible.
- somewhat_drunk 4y agoThe purpose of an economy isn't to create jobs, it's to create wealth. Jobs are just how we've traditionally incentivized wealth creation and distributed said wealth. Automation will be good for humanity in the long run, assuming we don't destroy ourselves during the transition.
- throwaway5959 4y agoI hope so. I’d love to live in Star Trek more than I’d like to live in Blade Runner (as cool as a world it is from an aesthetic standpoint).