oliveira12345

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by oliveira12345 11y ago
This. Basic income would pay for basic needs, and let people devote "free time" to more personally-satisfacting-activities: open-source programming, studiyng new interesting fields, etc... The mere fact that in today's profes
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by oliveira12345 11y ago
People work because they need to pay rent. With mincome, if the basic needs are paid, then people could do other non-economic activities, such as more dedication to arts and culture, develop studies, etc... For example, I believe a lot of p
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by oliveira12345 11y ago
Thanks for your explanation - there is a brighter future through your ideas. What measures could/should be taken to minimize the social impact of this? Would something along the lines of making special regulation so that the factory, i
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by oliveira12345 11y ago
Explained in comment above: the prediction contains contradictions. It may not be an option for everyone to make a "more creative skilled task" as it usually implies an extensive education including university and nowadays even a
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by oliveira12345 11y ago
I did not intended to address the people with opposing views - I meant to addressed the arguments and tried to do so. I believe in respecting all opinions, the article is very interesting and the discussion spinning around it is a sign of i
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by oliveira12345 11y ago
UPDATE: Let me clarify that with "socially-owned factories to solve nation-wide necessities" I meant to say "some way to use this technology towards the common good" - I tried to express this idea with a contrived exampl
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by oliveira12345 11y ago
Can't give you a complete answer on this, although I believe the correct way to evolve on this list (and other questions of importance to society) could be something like (for example): * a) open period of public discussion (media info
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by oliveira12345 11y ago
> they are not likely to deliberately shoot themselves in the foot Like polluting the planet beyond unsustainable levels?
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by oliveira12345 11y ago
"Yet rather than putting people out of work, this will supposedly free them up for more creative, skilled tasks, rather than subjecting them to menial, low-skilled work" This is a lie. It pretends that the factory owner will conti
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by oliveira12345 13y ago
At present time: job = need money to survive in our current society In an ideal future (not here, not now): job = personal development in some desired activity So in the current reality we live in now, not having a job is (still) not f
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by oliveira12345 13y ago
The country is no longer of its citizens, but is owned by an elite The government works for the country's elite, against its citizens Democracy is just all fucked-up... I thinks this is another sign showing that in the near future we w
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by oliveira12345 13y ago
I also started with computers and programming at very young age (10yrs), and with a lot of ilusion. 3 years ago when I was 29, my daily routine was going home after job and be with computer untill going to sleep. I had periods of gaming, o