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Re:Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan to Create Healthcare Company by darpa_escapee on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @04:52PM (#16269424)
> There is no purpose to automation that does not exist in the service of humanity at large, but only for a few.

There certainly is, to the few that are served. Increased productivity that doesn't require manpower/hours has been captured for centuries.

A capitalist economy provides many incentives to privately hold productivity gains from automation, while providing virtually none to relinquish them to the public.

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