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Why do you suppose that robots being made by people means that using people directly is cheaper? By that logic, no factories or anything would be automated, as
by BenjiWiebe 2y ago
Why do you suppose that robots being made by people means that using people directly is cheaper?
By that logic, no factories or anything would be automated, as it would be cheaper to use the people directly rather than having people build the automation.
Why do farmers even use tractors? Someone had to build that tractor. Wouldn't it be cheaper to hire the people to plant the crop directly?
- ysofunny 2y agobecause a robot costs the cost of the robot plus the cost of the people making the robot whereas people only cost what people cost. the real reason we do have technology is because keeping people poor is terribly evil, and doing that only to have cheap things is somehow even worse. which is the real point I'm making by the way moreover, we're all missing another subtle point I omitted. herbicides are even cheaper than people, robots, or any combination of them. but as it turns out, killing the soil is also a pretty bad thing to do.
- whimsicalism 2y agothis site has really gone downhill
- ajmurmann 2y ago> moreover, we're all missing another subtle point I omitted. herbicides are even cheaper than people, robots, or any combination of them. Is this because herbicides are not made by people?
- ysofunny 2y agoit's because herbicides are easy to "cook" in very large batches