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The thing, I think people miss about automation is that it will increase unemployment rates -- forever. The more society is automated the less labor humanity ha
by 1qaz2wsx3edc 13y ago
The thing, I think people miss about automation is that it will increase unemployment rates -- forever. The more society is automated the less labor humanity has, the less we need to do to survive.
I think, as automation become common place, society will have a larger unemployment rate, continuing into a welfare-based society. It will be a time where art, science, and creative will grow, as basic needs will be supplied easily via automation.
- a3n 13y agoExcept in the United States, because we know in the United States that people who don't have a job are lazy. /s
- lotyrin 13y agoMany people I discuss this with leave off the /s and straight-faced assert that income and employment are directly controlled through hard work. These people tend to be employed and well compensated.
- Apocryphon 13y agoAutomation is inevitable. The question is whether or not society is ready to redistribute the wealth created by it. http://www.metafilter.com/119592/Distribution-is-the-core-of-the-problem-we-face http://www.metafilter.com/119592/Distribution-is-the-core-of...