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29. It's time to leave the old ways behind.

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 16, 2014, 10:00 PM

Dec 2014

Religious or Puritan justification for work is unworkable in today's financial world. Being a Puritan self-made man is the repubs version of pulling up your bootstraps. It takes WE to make a country, not I.

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THE REVOLUTION ITS ON: As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 OP

Anyone who has been paying attention to robotics, vision, computer and so on research has known this Fumesucker Dec 2014 #1

There are some people with their heads in the sand. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #2

This autistic person wishes Siri was around when I was a little kid! Odin2005 Dec 2014 #25

See the novel "Lord of all Things" DetlefK Dec 2014 #3

That's the James S. Corey solution. Adrahil Dec 2014 #6

Which would create its own issues The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #9

I think there are a few jobs that will last a while. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #10

The solution most likely to be adopted will Skidmore Dec 2014 #19

Mass incarceration will also be an option for the troublemakers. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #20

Or a guaranteed anual income aspirant Dec 2014 #22

Triple hourly wages and cut the work week to 15 hours. Recursion Dec 2014 #4

Except the one where that wouldn't happen The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #5

I'd like to see the economic theory behind this... And how it gets implemented. Adrahil Dec 2014 #7

Wheat-threshing jobs are fairly rare now Recursion Dec 2014 #8

Needs to be done is the important part there The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #13

Well, look at the trend in semi-skilled blue collar labor.... Adrahil Dec 2014 #17

If by economic theory you mean how will we fare? Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #11

No... I mean the numbers game. Adrahil Dec 2014 #16

another sensible solution aspirant Dec 2014 #23

We'd have to give up the Puritan value about work treestar Dec 2014 #12

Very interesting conundrum. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #14

It's time to leave the old ways behind. aspirant Dec 2014 #29

True, I wonder if we can get over it treestar Dec 2014 #32

The number of willing workaholics I know is sad. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #26

Owning a business and producing value becomes very cheap. chrisa Dec 2014 #15

There is a change happening that is unprecedented and for many will be scary. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #18

My allergist of 25 years attended a conference LiberalElite Dec 2014 #21

Humanity must establish a socialist, post-scarcity society, or else we will destroy ourselves. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #24

Agree, only labels divide us aspirant Dec 2014 #27

European social democracies aren't socialist, they are capitalist with welfare states. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #28

Points well taken aspirant Dec 2014 #30

I think we all know how this realistically ends BlindTiresias Dec 2014 #31