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Re:Poverty reduces brainpower needed for navigating other ar... by ryandrake on Saturday June 23, 2018 @08:50AM (#17381026)
How does society prevent rioting when we reach 50% labor participation? How about 10% or 1%. Each will happen, possibly within our lifetimes, because of automation and extreme efficiency improvements.
Re:Poverty reduces brainpower needed for navigating other ar... by jimnotgym on Saturday June 23, 2018 @09:09AM (#17381101)
The answer is right above you. Universal Income. However I suspect that instead society will let the owners of the automation become staggeringly wealthy while 50% of the working population are on the bread-line. Then there will be riots, then perhaps we will get a more equitable sharing of the value that society has created.
Re:Poverty reduces brainpower needed for navigating other ar... by jfz on Saturday June 23, 2018 @11:12AM (#17381613)
How do you know? Massive productivity increases over the last 40 years have not reduced labor participation in the slightest.