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In reply to the discussion: We’re Heading into a Jobless Future, No Matter What the Government Does [View all]edgineered
(2,101 posts)38. The project manager was in a frenzy and couldn't decide what to do.
First he wanted a bot with two vests, but his writing on the order form was bad. Now they had a bot with breasts. Should he use pocket protectors or pasties now? It was a real dilemma. He decided to just 'bot'y paint her. He told the dyslexic artist to cover them up, maybe put a vine on her breast. The problem was he wrote down 'vein' in his notes which created another problem.
In an attempt to please the boss he explained that a defective bot is only worth 55 cents on the dollar as compared to a perfect bot getting the whole 77 cents. In a brief conference they agreed to use the $18 they saved every week on payroll for something meaningful instead of seeing it wasted on clothes or kids.
I hope this (sarcasm) helps to explain things???
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Uncle Joe
Aug 2014
OP
I agree, woo me with science, a negative income tax or guaranteed income is a good idea.
Uncle Joe
Aug 2014
#5
Damn politicians, for one example, have always been dipping into the social security trust. n/t
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#6
Yep, it was ... and now each day the country sinks further and further downhill for millions and
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#8
There were many dynamics in play other than the beginning of the computer age.
Uncle Joe
Aug 2014
#9
robots will be used to suppress dissent as the rich consume all remaining world resources
whereisjustice
Aug 2014
#19
Have you seen this one yet, eppur_se_muova? I imagine the pay scale will be lower as well.
Uncle Joe
Aug 2014
#31
I have been waiting decades for the robot housekeepers since reading some old 50s and 60s scifi
cstanleytech
Aug 2014
#30
Sometimes things don't happen as quickly as we thought they would, but it's happening.
Uncle Joe
Aug 2014
#32
I'd read Brautigan's 1967 poem 'All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace,' but
freshwest
Aug 2014
#35
That's a good and yet troubling read freshwest, but regarding the selfish gene
Uncle Joe
Aug 2014
#41
Automation promised a life of leisure and now the right wing claims that's being lazy.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#39