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Agnosticsherbet

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1. If it can be automated, it will be automated. Research on 3-d printers that will print food

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2016, 01:36 PM

May 2016

is underway, which will usher in the age of the Star Trek Food Replicator.

Of course, the end of work is going to, forever, end stop the Capitalist/Consumerist economic system. If there is no work to exchange for wages, consumers will have no money. If have no money, they can not consume. If they can not consume, there will be no movement of capital from the consumer class back to the capitalist in the consumer-debt cycle.

Sort of a vicious circle there. We are in for big changes for the next two decades.

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If it can be automated, it will be automated. Research on 3-d printers that will print food Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #1

A relative who was autistic used to work for Wendy's. They worked him 1monster May 2016 #2

I'll have my secretary type up a comment. mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #3

It would have happened any way, that's the future. procon May 2016 #4

They tell you education is the answer Urchin May 2016 #9

I hope you didn't use a computer to send that. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #11

Your tirade got so far off into the weeds, I need a GPS to get back to reality. nt procon May 2016 #12

Exceeded your attention span, did it? Urchin May 2016 #14

Sorry; just a lack of interest. procon May 2016 #15

It's not dystopian Urchin May 2016 #16

Wendy's CEO: $3,444.23 per hour (40-hour work week): 2014 Bodych May 2016 #5

We did this yesturday. Wendy's CEO makes 2.5 million yeoman6987 May 2016 #10

No. In 2014, the compensation was $7,164,198 Bodych May 2016 #13

I'm waiting to see the bottom line. jomin41 May 2016 #6

I'm old enough to remember the 1950's SheilaT May 2016 #7

Tip your robot. Gomez163 May 2016 #8