Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market

Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market by reverend_gonzo on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:01AM (#12725056)

  I'm not sure if many realize, but in such a world very few would actually work. All the rest will play.

Okay, so who decides who will work and who will play? Why should I bust my ass all day working, while you just live however you want to?

Right now, the reason some people bust their ass working, is being they can get paid more and live a higher quality of life. If everybody get everything they want, why would anyone work?

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Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market by zer0gravity on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:13AM (#12725161)

It all boils down to the play of intrinsic/forced choices.

But remember, AI may change things a lot. It'll not be a problem of you will work so I can sit, but more a problem of you and I will have some machines working for us, so what's left for us to do..

One of the implications I was talking about, is that the human psyche is built to function under survival pressure, when the pressure is removed, then depression may occur. So it's going to be very tricky, unless we train ourselves to function in a different mode.. where we are the masters.

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Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market by lfowles on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:18PM (#12726444)

I don't know about others but I really enjoy my day job. My only complaint is that I don't have enough free time to "idle", but I'd hardly quit just for that purpose. Maybe slow down to a 3 day week. Neither busting ass or 100% idling.

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Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market by kazagistar on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:50AM (#12725458)

Because if you bust your ass, you can put more then food on your table.

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