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Re:We know what a world without work looks like by calldacopsidc on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @03:06PM (#49731475)
If the author wanted to write a purely historical essay she is more than welcome to. Instead she chose a framing device of a post-work society thanks to AI that I think undermines the whole article.

"Aristocrats are (typically) rich, which we certainly will be if we have robots capable of all normal nonrelational labor." ...okay

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Re:We know what a world without work looks like by jfil on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:08PM (#49749792)
I think this framing device was unnecessary. This was interesting historical food for thought without tying it to AI. I think its relevant to a mass-unemployment, economic depression scenario too, and others.
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