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Wowed by the engineering brilliance. Ambivalent about the social cost-benefit. Creative destruction indeed (for the lower and middle orders, anyway). "First it
by lurcio 12y ago
Wowed by the engineering brilliance.
Ambivalent about the social cost-benefit.
Creative destruction indeed (for the lower and middle orders, anyway).
"First it came for the factory workers,...and then the medics and lawyers..."
- SixSigma 12y agoIt won't be satisfied until there's no work left to do, then how will we spend our time!
- caskance 12y agoInventing new work for Watson
- johnward 12y agoI know there are a million things I would do if I didn't have to work.
- HCIdivision17 12y agoThis century-long decent into lesiure is what's really killing us. I wish I could remember back when cars were unaffordable, computers were unattainable, and hobby supplies were expensive specialist shops. I bet those were the days!
- digikata 12y agoI'm optimistic that it's a good development, the more automation displaces high-salary occupations, the more likely society will change to address fundamental economic shifts associated with singularity, or post-scarcity, or whatever you want to label it. Doubly true since it's an frequent past occupation of politicians.