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Re:How I Built a $5K a Month Side Project by adrianN on Friday January 11, 2019 @03:11AM (#18881742)
The universe is rarely best described by boolean logic. There are other options that are currently not feasible, but not forbidden by any laws of nature. For example robots could provide everybody's needs. Or we could genetically engineer people so that everybody finds their particular job meaningful and fulfilling.
Re:How I Built a $5K a Month Side Project by Godel_unicode on Friday January 11, 2019 @03:44AM (#18881868)
... and then everyone needs those robots.

The horror of society deciding who gets "genetically engineered" (ugh) to like shitty jobs is actively making my skin crawl.

Re:How I Built a $5K a Month Side Project by Aeolun on Friday January 11, 2019 @04:59AM (#18882213)
Don’t worry, you wouldn’t mind.
Re:How I Built a $5K a Month Side Project by bionsystem on Friday January 11, 2019 @10:00AM (#18883952)
Someone didn't read Aldous Huxley to the end.
Re:How I Built a $5K a Month Side Project by zorga on Friday January 11, 2019 @10:58AM (#18884358)
> The universe is rarely best described by boolean logic.

All models are wrong, some are useful, boolean logic built the modern world. It's a damn useful model most of the time.

> There are other options that are currently not feasible

Which means they are not actually options.

> For example robots could provide everybody's needs

Someone still owns those robots so you're still living off someone else's property/labor.

There are no options where you can avoid paying your own way AND avoid living off someone else's labor. Nothing is free, it came from somewhere and someone who made it happen.

> Or we could genetically engineer people so that everybody finds their particular job meaningful and fulfilling.

People would object to that for a multitude of other reasons, however, as long as your providing for yourself, I don't really care in terms of this argument.