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What are the alternatives? I still believe at a point we won't need very much human labor. So what do we do with all of those people that don't/can't work? Oth

What are the alternatives? I still believe at a point we won't need very much human labor. So what do we do with all of those people that don't/can't work? Others have mentioned that the economy will just create new, even more mindless, tasks for us to be paid for. I don't believe that because there is no incentive for companies to employ people for jobs machines can do cheaper.

wyager 12y ago
We won't need human labor because labor will be abundant. Anyone can have access to production technology. You don't need to steal to make that happen.
- gress 12y ago
  How can 'anyone have access to production technology' (which incidentally includes the education necessary to utilize it), if they have no income?
  - wyager 12y ago
    Some charitable rich guy will give away a cheap nano-factory, and then that guy uses the nano-factory to make more nano-factories, gives those away, etc. Education is basically already free, and free education is on the way to being as good as paid education. Information reproduction costs are near zero. You are stuck in the pre-free-labor mindset.
    - gress 12y ago
      When does this magical tipping point arrive?
JD557 12y ago
I believe that the new jobs that will appear will probably be related to what now one might see as a luxury service. For example, there might be an increase in housemaids. It's a fairly simple job, although some tasks might be too hard for a machine to do (eg. "Please feed the dog and make sure that it eats its pill"). Also, assuming that those with jobs would have a smaller work week, then there might be a rise in tourism and entertainment industries (people have got to do something in their free time). I'm not really sure what new jobs might appear in this area though. Of course, this is assuming that we don't end in a dystopian future with 80% of the population unemployed, homeless and begging on the streets. I'm expecting that suply and demand will force these new jobs to appear and everything will work out in the end.

wyager 12y ago

We won't need human labor because labor will be abundant. Anyone can have access to production technology. You don't need to steal to make that happen.

gress 12y ago
How can 'anyone have access to production technology' (which incidentally includes the education necessary to utilize it), if they have no income?
- wyager 12y ago
  Some charitable rich guy will give away a cheap nano-factory, and then that guy uses the nano-factory to make more nano-factories, gives those away, etc. Education is basically already free, and free education is on the way to being as good as paid education. Information reproduction costs are near zero. You are stuck in the pre-free-labor mindset.
  - gress 12y ago
    When does this magical tipping point arrive?

JD557 12y ago

I believe that the new jobs that will appear will probably be related to what now one might see as a luxury service. For example, there might be an increase in housemaids. It's a fairly simple job, although some tasks might be too hard for a machine to do (eg. "Please feed the dog and make sure that it eats its pill"). Also, assuming that those with jobs would have a smaller work week, then there might be a rise in tourism and entertainment industries (people have got to do something in their free time). I'm not really sure what new jobs might appear in this area though. Of course, this is assuming that we don't end in a dystopian future with 80% of the population unemployed, homeless and begging on the streets. I'm expecting that suply and demand will force these new jobs to appear and everything will work out in the end.