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As cheap labor goes down, we are going to be forced into massive automation. There are plenty of challenges around this but the primary problem is going to be t
by gromitss 5y ago
As cheap labor goes down, we are going to be forced into massive automation. There are plenty of challenges around this but the primary problem is going to be the massive concentration of wealth into a few hands. There has to be some form of redistribution that plays well with game theory and doesn’t sour a powerful segment of the population into being against it.
- otikik 5y ago"is going to be"?
- gromitss 5y agoYes, we are nowhere near what it is going to take.
- xxpor 5y agoOr productivity goes up, since we don't need a massive population doing menial tasks. Just like every time someone has said this for the last 300 years. Won't someone think of the people picking the seeds out of cotton?
- betwixthewires 5y agoThis is a point I often make that people dismiss out of hand quite often. "People need jobs to have meaning, people need jobs to feed their families" and while thee are true, nobody really wants to screw toothpaste tube caps on toothpaste tubes for a living, and a world where nobody has to do that job is inarguably a better world for everyone.
- gavin_gee 5y agoone hope is innovation in creating virtual worlds will distract the population from what is already happening. the question is whether these worlds are a mirror or a replacement for the physical reality