Re:Robots and industrialization in developing countries [pdf]
by mercer on Saturday November 19, 2016 @10:19AM
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I hope that's what happens, but the crucial (potential, but I think likely) difference between air and automation is that air is not owned by default. Automation will be, and I can't imagine whoever owns it is excited about sharing the gains.
Re:Robots and industrialization in developing countries [pdf]
by kwhitefoot on Saturday November 19, 2016 @09:37AM
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See George England's Air Trust: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12826
Do you pay for the air you breath? Does the government tax corporations to provide a basic air income for people to ensure that everyone gets their fair share of air? No. Why not?
The reason you don't pay for the air you breath is because air is so immensely plentiful, so easy to get, so impossible for anyone from stopping you from getting, that of course it doesn't cost anything.
Imagine if things like food were the same.