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Once he replaces everyone with robots, and all the factories do the same, people will get stuff at home for watching ads.

• iamtheworstdev 1y ago
  but ads exist to convince people to buy things. if people can't afford to buy things, why would you need ads?
  • entropicdrifter 1y ago
    So they can buy things with their ad-watching money.
  • mrweasel 1y ago
    Maybe we pay people a small fee to watch ads?
  • kajumix 1y ago
    you may not need to buy a box of cereal or a vacuum cleaner, but maybe a flight to moon, or a humanoid companion? products move up a level
    • pixl97 1y ago
      And what labor are you going to be doing to afford those upleveled products?
      • kajumix 1y ago
        it's a good question. what would true abundance look like? I can't wait to find out
        • pixl97 1y ago
          >what would true abundance look like If we don't solve greed first, it looks like one guy with a quadrillion dollars and everyone else starving/dead.
  • hattmall 1y ago
    Products will become advertisements themselves. It could be cheaper and more effective to send everyone a box of Tesla Tasty-Electrons cereal than TV or Social media and slots. Casinos provide free drinks, cartels offer free prostitutes, it's not unprecedented.
    • robertlagrant 1y ago
      > Casinos provide free drinks Because people will spend money. The premise here is no-one has money, but somehow adverts exist.