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Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises to 75-Year ...
on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:29AM (#13237108)
I don't think it is merely cultural. It has to be a genetic difference between people of particular areas.
Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises to 75-Year ...
on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:27AM (#13237096)
Wait, so when you get married, do you keep living at home with your parents?
Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation
on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:07AM (#13236985)
What are the things that need to be invented when robots do everything for you?
Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation
on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:05AM (#13236980)
When you refer to capital owners, it has a historic context related to land and farms and large amounts of money. Robots, on the other hand, aren't necessarily going to cost lots of money. If everybody can own a robot, nobody has to worry about being employed.
The real issues won't change though. Those people who are considered rich will be rich because they own land in nice areas, or have a military-backed monopoly on natural resources.
The first issue is due to population size, and the second issue is an eternal issue of war that can't be avoided.
Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation
on Thursday December 22, 2016 @07:59AM (#13236940)
I think we have to deal with reality first, rather than delving into hypothetical situations where robots control the world. Currently, many countries are growing their population despite the reduction in jobs. Secondly, corruption in the government, and businesses that manipulate the government, is funneling money into a small group of people.
These are two issues that will actually help with both creating jobs and ensuring decent pay. Nobody really knows what will happen in the future. If there are robots that can do all of our work, who says that only extremely rich people will be able to afford them? Which technologies have stayed permanently unaffordable where there is consumer demand? Not that many.