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People are happier doing what they want, instead of delivering food (that a robot could deliver) just to make rent. In 10 years this situation will play out ac

People are happier doing what they want, instead of delivering food (that a robot could deliver) just to make rent. In 10 years this situation will play out across all jobs in all industries. Nobody from janitors to theoretical physicists will be spared. All work, everywhere, will gradually acquire an ever-deepening sense of futility. Until all anyone can see is that the only people doing this pointless work are the "working" poor. And then we'll ask "why are some rich and some poor?" and discover that economics is just a scam, having no bearing on reality. The rich are con artists, the poor are marks. And why are the poor marks? Because they've been worked so hard for so long that all they can manage is their own survival. If the poor learn how the scam works, there won't be any rich people anymore. That's why the rich do everything in their power to prevent all forward progress in all areas of life that may lift this veil of deception. Get mad at me, equivocate, deny and deflect. It doesn't matter. It's too late, and this is all going to happen faster than anyone ever saw coming. An analogy: I used to get mad when I spilled my coffee each morning. Now I observe the nature and character of the spill, how my hurriedness or caution has little bearing on the odds of it happening, and appreciate that the universe has spilled for me, to give me a little sign that it's still there. That's what it feels like watching increasingly absurd talking heads on TV distract from anything and everything that's even remotely related to UBI. Just because I know the spill is coming, doesn't mean that I can stop it.

hooverd 3y ago
Have you considered that the rich would justify culling the surplus population?
orenlindsey 3y ago
What if someone actually wants to deliver food? Maybe you like driving, you like being alone in your car and listening to music or podcasts, shuttling food orders around the town. Maybe it's fun for you.
- earthling8118 3y ago
  That's not a particularly strong reason to force the rest of us to do so. It's similar to the in office vs remote work scenario: it's great if you want to work from an office, but it's not great if that requires everyone else to as well.
tennisflyi 3y ago
> People are happier doing what they want, instead of delivering food (that a robot could deliver) just to make rent. They're delivery food because it's all they can get/interview for/network with... It's not, "Oh this robot is delivering food now so I can go get that job at FANG."
foobiekr 3y ago
People are happier having a place to live and food to eat. No argument that the rich are con artists, in a way, but not to the extent you mean. Most jobs are terrible - raw sewage? Handing drywall? Meat processing? etc. They are awful. Robots won't be there any time soon if ever. They probably won't even replace retail workers in the next 10 years. Keynes predicted we would be working 15-hour weeks. He was wrong because he missed that the enslavement was, in fact, the point.

hooverd 3y ago

Have you considered that the rich would justify culling the surplus population?

orenlindsey 3y ago

What if someone actually wants to deliver food? Maybe you like driving, you like being alone in your car and listening to music or podcasts, shuttling food orders around the town. Maybe it's fun for you.

earthling8118 3y ago
That's not a particularly strong reason to force the rest of us to do so. It's similar to the in office vs remote work scenario: it's great if you want to work from an office, but it's not great if that requires everyone else to as well.

tennisflyi 3y ago

> People are happier doing what they want, instead of delivering food (that a robot could deliver) just to make rent. They're delivery food because it's all they can get/interview for/network with... It's not, "Oh this robot is delivering food now so I can go get that job at FANG."

foobiekr 3y ago

People are happier having a place to live and food to eat. No argument that the rich are con artists, in a way, but not to the extent you mean. Most jobs are terrible - raw sewage? Handing drywall? Meat processing? etc. They are awful. Robots won't be there any time soon if ever. They probably won't even replace retail workers in the next 10 years. Keynes predicted we would be working 15-hour weeks. He was wrong because he missed that the enslavement was, in fact, the point.