Re:Driverless buses hit the streets of Sion
by visarga on Sunday May 15, 2016 @04:01AM
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> You just can't expect everyone to work when machines do all the work.
Wrong. When those unemployed people won't be able to buy anything produced by the robots because they don't have money, there is only one option left: If people want to work, they still can. They can work for themselves! They can use technology that is still available to aid them in their work to earn a living. A small patch of land could feed many. Unemployed people could team up to form collectives and grow their own food, install solar panels and other energy generation devices, barter with other humans for skilled services. Basically we can still do everything we can do today, but robots will also offer stuff at low price.
If people are driven to the point where they can't even work to save themselves from poverty, not even if they work for themselves directly, then we will have a revolution on our hands. That could happen if wealth becomes even more concentrated at the top, and this usually happens when there are technological leaps that bring temporary advantages (monopoly) to a company.
Wrong. When those unemployed people won't be able to buy anything produced by the robots because they don't have money, there is only one option left: If people want to work, they still can. They can work for themselves! They can use technology that is still available to aid them in their work to earn a living. A small patch of land could feed many. Unemployed people could team up to form collectives and grow their own food, install solar panels and other energy generation devices, barter with other humans for skilled services. Basically we can still do everything we can do today, but robots will also offer stuff at low price.
If people are driven to the point where they can't even work to save themselves from poverty, not even if they work for themselves directly, then we will have a revolution on our hands. That could happen if wealth becomes even more concentrated at the top, and this usually happens when there are technological leaps that bring temporary advantages (monopoly) to a company.