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Ah yes the old "let's make individuals responsible for solving societal problems" bit. Nevermind that the state is sometimes the only entity capable of addressi
by argomo 1y ago
Ah yes the old "let's make individuals responsible for solving societal problems" bit. Nevermind that the state is sometimes the only entity capable of addressing the situation at scale.
- ccorcos 1y agoYes, I believe individuals should take responsibility for themselves and their future prosperity. We all know what happens when you don’t… History has shown us quite clearly what happens if governments, and not individuals, are responsible for finding employment.
- sailingparrot 1y agoI fail to understand what it is you are suggesting a 20 something year old is supposed to do to prepare their backup plan. They should all just find a way be set for life within the next 3 years, is this your proposal ?
- ccorcos 1y agoYou’re supposed to learn skills that others are willing to pay you for.
- sailingparrot 1y agoYou are a responding in a thread about what to do in the event of AI replacing most humans at skills others are willing to pay for, so clearly, this is a 0 value answer.
- ccorcos 1y agoI guess I don’t buy into the premise. Aren’t there some things you’d prefer to pay a human for than a robot? I don’t think this 3 year timeline is realistic and pondering what we’re going to do in 20 years is unpredictable.
- Nasrudith 1y agoThat is literally part of the deal of not living in a literal dictatorship. It is your responsibility to solve societal problems. I mean, geeze what did they teach in civic classes in your generation?
- lazyasciiart 1y agoSo if you believe that it is your individual responsibility to solve societal problems, and assuming you believe in the possibility of human-driven mitigation of climate change: presumably you individually are solving that, by devoting your life to it? Or do you not really mean it's your individual responsibility?
- ccorcos 1y agoPeople have freedom to choose their responsibilities. Some choose to work on solving society’s problems, others don’t. What’s a better alternative?
- lazyasciiart 1y agoYou're saying it isn't their responsibility.
- ccorcos 1y agoNo, I'm saying that we all have our opinions and we need to be careful about who gets the power to tell others what to do. You might think that we are collectively responsible for solving climate change, and someone else might think that we are collectively responsible for ending the murder of unborn children via abortion or any number of other things. So who gets to be the dictator of whom? If we are all going to live together in harmony, we have to be tolerant of diversity. That doesn't take away any freedom from you to take responsibility. And it preserves other's freedom as well.