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We are on a roller coast ride of technological advancement. Gravity is pulling us inexorably forward, and we can't see where the track eventually goes. We have
by gcanyon 3y ago
We are on a roller coast ride of technological advancement. Gravity is pulling us inexorably forward, and we can't see where the track eventually goes. We have brakes, but not enough to stop forward movement entirely. We have some input on the direction we take, but our limited vision down the track makes it hard for us to anticipate and correct for any upcoming curves we don't like.
It's going to be a bumpy ride, but hopefully we have fun along the way.
- taylodl 3y agoI think you misunderstand the violence that lies in our near future. Before, when we began automating manual labor we proclaimed you should get educated and design the machines and improve the processes. Now, we're developing tools to displace large swaths of those workers. There simply aren't other jobs for them to do that we haven't already automated. History shows this is not sustainable and will lead to protest and violence. I would suggest we avoid that, after all, that would be the smart thing to do, but our species has proved time and time again that it's not smart in the aggregate.