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Re:Quantified Man: How an Obsolete Tech Guy Rebuilt Himself ... by gizmo686 on Friday February 22, 2013 @06:52PM (#5267731)
I wasn't able to read through the entire story, but I think Karl Marx was onto something. What I suspect will happen is we will transition into a post-scarcity economy. The only question for me is how long it will take, and how painful the transition will be.

I also suspect (although with somewhat less confidence), that the transistion will occur by a single individual having gradually diminishing works hours, and a gradual increase in government 'welfare'.

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Re:Quantified Man: How an Obsolete Tech Guy Rebuilt Himself ... by zem on Saturday February 23, 2013 @01:27AM (#5268777)
the "two visions" were how to screw up and how to embrace the post-scarcity economy respectively. the problem is that the currently-rich will have first crack at the cornucopia and they could easily feel they have somehow earned the right to it, and need not share it with the currently-poor other than via crumbs of charity.
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