Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared of Capitalism, Not Robots

Posted by cryptoz on Thursday October 08, 2015 @05:31PM
from the huffingtonpost.com dept.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-hawking-capitalism-robots_5616c20ce4b0dbb8000d9f15?ir=Technology&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

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Re:Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared of Capita... by Gravityloss on Thursday October 08, 2015 @05:57PM (#10356608)

There's a theory that poor countries discovering oil tend to get less democratic and more corrupt since the elite doesn't need most of the citizens for wealth extraction anymore - they just need to have enough mercenaries to guard the oil fields.

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Re:Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared of Capita... by countviolencia on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:39AM (#10358213)

Capitalism actively promotes greed and for some reason our minds have been set to take this as a good thing. I love Propaganda

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