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This article reads like a proposal for journeying to the moon that was designed without knowledge of the theory of gravitation. For example, the author does no
by masterleep 12y ago
This article reads like a proposal for journeying to the moon that was designed without knowledge of the theory of gravitation.
For example, the author does not appear to realize that the reason most people work is to exchange their time and efforts for something they value more, which is usually money but could be experience or other things, in any combination.
- CompanyLaser 12y agoThe hegemony of consumerism is falling apart and the things people increasingly "value more" than work is free time and to be loved by the people they love. That's something work won't give you in exchange.
- sukilot 12y agoWork gives you free time when you are more efficient at your profession than by subsistence farming.
- ticviking 12y agoYou are presuming access to land to subsistence farm upon, skills needed to subsistence farm, and tolerance by the institutions to retreating from the existing economy and engaging in that.
- CompanyLaser 12y agoTrue, but unfortunately, under our economy that free time just gets used as an opportunity to out-work the competition.
- JoachimS 12y agoBeing able to feed and house yourself and family is rather hard to replace in the long run. The society still expects people to buy food and pay rent (mortgages on your house etc). We could start paying citizens a base salary, but that salary would be rather low. And with a large part of the population not working we need to figure out how to finance these citizen salaries. Preferably in a way that don't drive business and money to other countries. Countries compete for industry and there is a race to the bottom re cost of operating a business in a country. I have a hard to to reconcile how the trend with increasing automation and, anti work, basic income and global business.
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