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> In the long term everyone is much better off due to increased productivity. reply Do people still believe in these fairy tales lmao? Most of the productivity
by toasty228 5mo ago
> In the long term everyone is much better off due to increased productivity.
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Do people still believe in these fairy tales lmao? Most of the productivity gains don't go to the workers, pretty much everywhere in the developed world working hours and retirement age are going up, housing affordability is going down. You're not "much better off"
https://assets.weforum.org/editor/HFNnYrqruqvI_-Skg2C7ZYjdcXp-6EsuSBkSyHpSbm0.png https://assets.weforum.org/editor/HFNnYrqruqvI_-Skg2C7ZYjdcX...
Politicians were selling us the 3 days workweek like 40+ years ago, while shilling for more automated factories, it never happened, it didn't happen with computers, it won't happen with AI
- jstanley 5mo ago[flagged]
- happytoexplain 5mo agoExaggerated assumptions of this magnitude are a red flag against the honesty of the position from which you are arguing.
- toasty228 5mo agoAs if these were the only choices: submit to your AI overlords or become a peasant. What a lack of imagination...
- seanw444 5mo agoThere's a lot to appreciate about the middle ages. It wasn't all bad.