Re:Robot automation will 'take 800M jobs by 2030' (2017)
by mac01021 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:23PM
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Are you saying that, if we ever arrive at a technologically advanced, post scarcity society where there is no money and everyone has access to as much education, entertainment, and material stuff as they want without having to work, then we'll all fall into a nihilistic despair and commit suicide or become heroin junkies?
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Re:Robot automation will 'take 800M jobs by 2030' (2017)
by telemechanical on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:55PM
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I think they're saying that's the inevitable result of the current paradigm, not the natural trajectory of a human being. I do think there are a lot of people who define themselves by their work and by the (frequently flawed) notion that what they're working toward is a promotion, a pay raise, a title-bump. In a post-scarcity world there might still be that mentality and opportunities to satisfy it, but the implication is that more people will need to redefine their personal concept of success and fulfillment.
Re:Robot automation will 'take 800M jobs by 2030' (2017)
by jrs95 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:57AM
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UBI is the opposite of a post scarcity society, it props up a society of scarcity and exploitation by maintaining the current economic structure with an increasing unemployment rate.
Re:Robot automation will 'take 800M jobs by 2030' (2017)
by _i____ii_______ on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:18AM
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Sounds like neurotic Judeo-Christian work ethic propaganda.