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As a society, we need to ask ourselves two questions: (1) what is the purpose of work? and (2) what do people find valuable? The premise of question 1 is that
by dqdo 12y ago
As a society, we need to ask ourselves two questions: (1) what is the purpose of work? and (2) what do people find valuable?
The premise of question 1 is that we should not work just for the sake of saying that we are working. Rather we should work because we are creating something of value for others and ourselves. I think that automation will have a profound impact on the economy by making certain types of work economically infeasible. But this is not necessarily a problem as long as people realize it and move on to work on more highly value areas. I believe that as individuals our desires are limitless and there will always be a demand for something. We just need to figure out what that demand is and work in that domain.
Overall automation will free us from many manual labor jobs and allow us to produce more art, poetry, mathematics, and science.
- ewzimm 12y agoI think we also have to consider conservatives who believe that there is inherent value in certain lifestyles that is independent of the products of those lifestyles. Automated labor will also free us to compete in whatever inefficient way we want. Just as garment technology has not stopped people from knitting, automated labor will still allow people to choose to be Amish. Personally, I think we can find better things to do than work most jobs that exist today. We need to be open to the idea of perpetual changes in what we can and should do with our time.
- __Joker 12y agoOne of intended or unintended consequence of the work is distribution of wealth. And the effects of the growing robotics and automation will be breaking this distribution. Per se, this should not negative, unless we are prepared for this.