Re:Just press go: designing a self-driving vehicle
by k-mcgrady on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @03:52AM
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I've been thinking about this a lot. I'll answer it two ways.
Negative:
- As we've automated jobs we've also created new ones, but lots of these new jobs are BS. Inspectors of inspectors etc. to fulfil health and safety regulations. We're also creating a lot of things that improve our lives or entertain us but are really just created so we have something to spend our money on. We don't need them.
Positive:
- I think the idea of a basic income would fix this. If we can automate everything and reduce the number of people that need to work AND provide them with a basic income, they can live their lives and not have to work. If you aren't anti-government you could even have the government owning factories, producing goods through automation and selling them to other countries in order to finance a good basic income for its citizens.
It's going to be interesting and if you are young enough likely something you will see played out in your lifetime. Although the changes in the 20th century were massive and world changing I think the changes this century are going to be ones which change how we actually live on lives on a very basic level. What we do everyday and how we get money. Even if it all goes to hell it'll be interesting!
Negative:
- As we've automated jobs we've also created new ones, but lots of these new jobs are BS. Inspectors of inspectors etc. to fulfil health and safety regulations. We're also creating a lot of things that improve our lives or entertain us but are really just created so we have something to spend our money on. We don't need them.
Positive:
- I think the idea of a basic income would fix this. If we can automate everything and reduce the number of people that need to work AND provide them with a basic income, they can live their lives and not have to work. If you aren't anti-government you could even have the government owning factories, producing goods through automation and selling them to other countries in order to finance a good basic income for its citizens.
It's going to be interesting and if you are young enough likely something you will see played out in your lifetime. Although the changes in the 20th century were massive and world changing I think the changes this century are going to be ones which change how we actually live on lives on a very basic level. What we do everyday and how we get money. Even if it all goes to hell it'll be interesting!