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Re:Shopify to cut 20% of its workforce, beats quarterly reve... by pixl97 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:40AM (#35814342)
Do more with less and less until you do everything with nothing....

The answer to your question is it depends, and is one of the big things that has people worried about AI and automation rapidly improving over time. If things like wealth redistribution don't occur in a highly automated society you end up with big problems really quick.

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Re:Shopify to cut 20% of its workforce, beats quarterly reve... by throwaway290 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:49AM (#35814440)
It occurs, just not in the direction it should.
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Re:Shopify to cut 20% of its workforce, beats quarterly reve... by usrusr on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:54AM (#35815357)
And even then economy would not be completely "done", as long as ownership of all that nothing that does everything is still distributed. But when that chapter is also over, imagine the succession drama!
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