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>the industry may indeed be building the future but contrary to its claims, it is not a future with human needs centered It is usually profit centered. There's
by vsareto 3y ago
>the industry may indeed be building the future but contrary to its claims, it is not a future with human needs centered
It is usually profit centered. There's exceptions of course, but the people working would themselves need to make a living. Naturally, if you had replicators and massive energy production it would be a different story because those things destroy material economics.
- brezelgoring 3y agoPDFs could destroy paper-based books, alas, the publishers of said books took measures to artificially limit supply of ebooks. It'll happen to other forms of supply decoupling like replicators and infinite energy. I have no proof, yet I'm absolutely certain.
- bbor 3y agoA fantastic argument for eliminating capitalism ASAP - will have to steal this one, friend!
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoYep, e-books are just like hypothetical infinite energy and e-books don’t need authors who have mouths to feed.
- bbor 3y ago..?
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoIn today's world, I should remember to use /s
- bbor 3y agoI think there's a middle ground between "let technology and society proceed in whatever direction the profit motive of the current power-brokers points" and "eliminate all scarcity altogether". A better society is possible IMO, without the need for any replicators :)