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> could all just do whatever we wanted Anything except do work that meaningfully contributes to society and makes the best use of your abilities, or that requi
by voidspark 1y ago
> could all just do whatever we wanted
Anything except do work that meaningfully contributes to society and makes the best use of your abilities, or that requires significant material resources beyond the bare subsistence level that the system has allocated to you.
What if you want to be a neurosurgeon or radiologist? Forget it. That will be done by machines better than you.
What if you want to travel the world? Why would you be entitled to any significant amount of international air travel, or any at all?
- kubb 1y agoYou could hang out and be friends with a lot of people. That's a meaningful contribution that's impossible right now. Also why should a person be entitled to being a neurosurgeon who has a worse success rate than the magical theoretical machine you're assuming? That's plain selfish.
- voidspark 1y agoExactly. That's the point. Hanging out with friends? That's what we will be reduced to. Everyone living in a Trailer Park Boys episode. > could all just do whatever we wanted No we cannot, because that would be "selfish and entitled".
- weatherlite 1y ago> What if you want to be a neurosurgeon or radiologist? How many people are able to and get to be that , 2%? And how many of them actually fully enjoy that job? Or more importantly - how many got a fair opportunity to become that to begin with? I get what you're saying but it's not like things are great now for the majority.