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Low barriers-to-access for tooling absolutely democratize the creation of things with said tools. But. It doesn’t meaningfully shift the underlying economic me
by reb 4y ago
Low barriers-to-access for tooling absolutely democratize the creation of things with said tools.
But. It doesn’t meaningfully shift the underlying economic mechanics we live under, where people with access to capital can easily outcompete those without that access. It also erodes the relationship between the laboring class and the capital-deploying class (less interdependence), which has to have knock-on effects in terms of social cohesion and mobility.
I’m very much in favor of the tech being developed right now, but it’s hard to believe it’ll do anything but amplify the trends already present in our economy and culture.
- nylon_panda 4y agoWhich is where UBI will need to come in, or a reallocate labor workers to where they can self sustain. Then it'll lead to some 86 Eighty-Six world, where humans live in holding pens and wars are fought with crazy robots all out of sight & no information comes out about it to the public
- zarzavat 4y agoUBI was probably a zirp fantasy, but more importantly it’s a US zirp fantasy because the US controls the dollar and can thus fantasize about crazy things like UBI with little fear of repercussions. Look at the recent UK Liz Truss crisis for what happens when a country tries to spend more than it should. And the UK is a very privileged economy that controls a reserve currency. If you are just a normal country, attempting UBI will simply destroy your economy, nobody will buy your debt, and the IMF will come and make you stop it. Some countries may be able to fall back on natural resources, but many countries won’t.