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Yavin4

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12. We're Entering a World Without Work
Wed Jan 23, 2013, 05:02 PM
Jan 2013

Automation and robotics will eventually replace a majority of human labor. Everything that I once did as a Paralegal 20 years ago -- legal research, case file organization, document managemet--is completely automated today. My former profession is obsolete.

Eventually, without work, wealth will have to be re-distributed. Those who are wealthy now will be able to enjoy it, but when they die, their wealth will be confiscated and re-distributed. They won't be allowed to pass it on to their children.

We'll have a system wherein everyone is given a basic income or standard of living with financial incentives for those who want to create real products and services that actually improve our lives, like bio research, the arts, etc.

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