Re:Baidu’s self-driving cars begin public test in Wuzhen, China
by JulianMorrison on Friday November 18, 2016 @04:30AM
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Dignity? So you think economic coercion and slavery-with-a-choice-of-masters (or the non-choice of none, and starvation) is somehow dignified?
A leisure society is being able to do your vocation. It's about hackers being able to hack without needing a "day job" and without trying to squeeze what you want to do into the leftover energy after spending your day on makework.
Re:Baidu’s self-driving cars begin public test in Wuzhen, China
by a_t48 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:20PM
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You think working two fast food jobs just to live is dignified?
Re:Baidu’s self-driving cars begin public test in Wuzhen, China
by thomyorkie on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:15PM
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I'm a huge believer in the power of the individual, and under today's conditions I wouldn't support a universal basic income. But in a possible future where AI is sufficiently advanced to handle the majority of 'jobs' and where corporations dont employ people at the scale they do today, I would support a universal basic income. What would your solution be?
Your job is gone? Here just have money.
Dignity? Oh no see you don't need that. Just have money. What will you do all day in a world where people derive a lot of purpose from jobs and your basic income isn't enough to just do what you want? ummm... we could legalize pot.