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Adrahil

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24. I haven't read the book... what do they suggest?

Reply to jwirr (Reply #11)

Mon May 9, 2016, 02:38 PM

May 2016

The fact is more automation is coming. There is no way to stop it. It is as hopeless as ordering the tide not to come in. The real question is not "how can we stop it?" but "what are we going to do in response?"

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"the idea that technology will create a new job to replace the one it has destroyed is no longer..." [View all] marmar May 2016 OP

Ultimately, you know, it's an indeterminate question... malthaussen May 2016 #1

You are somewhat correct that this is about faith - but to jwirr May 2016 #10

I'm no union leader... malthaussen May 2016 #12

Robots aren't tools. Robots are unpaid slave-workers. DetlefK May 2016 #2

The book talks about the fact that we the people have allowed jwirr May 2016 #11

I haven't read the book... what do they suggest? Adrahil May 2016 #24

But hey, don't listen to people like us that bring up that canary in a coal mine . . . HughBeaumont May 2016 #3

Well capitalism can solve the problems it creates but it won't be pretty. rhett o rick May 2016 #6

"Capitalism solving the problems it creates" with a labor surplus and a stagnant wage . . . HughBeaumont May 2016 #19

Eh, capitalism is like evolution in that respect. malthaussen May 2016 #16

Ultimately, before long, guaranteed income will be seen as the only way. Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #4

Why not expand research? trudyco May 2016 #5

Few people have the capability for research even if they were taught logical & critical thinking. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #13

What I see happening with using "guaranteed income" is that the cost will be shouldered rhett o rick May 2016 #7

Your scenario is impossible economically & getting close to it would trigger a real revolution. Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #14

Technocrats will curiously never declare themselves obsolete. n/t JPnoodleman May 2016 #8

Narrow-minded bullshit. AtheistCrusader May 2016 #9

yeah, these types of analyses always seem stuck in a box and don't take everything into account Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #17

"We might have new exciting more fulfilling work in the future!" JPnoodleman May 2016 #21

It's the classic 'buggy whip' problem. Did the people who made them die off? AtheistCrusader May 2016 #22

No, many become unemployed and underpaid... JPnoodleman May 2016 #28

Wrong. AtheistCrusader May 2016 #29

I feel like this was the dream of the 50's and 60's Saviolo May 2016 #15

good but only 1/2 the problem Locrian May 2016 #18

Jobs as we know or may envision them are all but gone Tsiyu May 2016 #20

"But you have control over what you buy, how you live and where you place your energies." AtheistCrusader May 2016 #23

Paralysis sets in when people think they don't make a difference Tsiyu May 2016 #25

Sounds like an interesting book. On the list it goes! arcane1 May 2016 #26

Just provide investment credits to alternative energies like that provided the oil industry. tonyt53 May 2016 #27