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2016 Postmortem

lostnfound

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2. Hawking last year - It's capitalism we should fear, not robots

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 11:00 AM

Dec 2016

If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.

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TPP was just a diversion from the real problem automation. [View all] CK_John Dec 2016 OP

Stephen Hawking on automation lostnfound Dec 2016 #1

Hawking last year - It's capitalism we should fear, not robots lostnfound Dec 2016 #2

I suggest the sci-fi-novel "Lord of All Things" by Andreas Eschbach DetlefK Dec 2016 #5

The jobs are not coming back. Automatization will not create new jobs. DetlefK Dec 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author duffyduff Dec 2016 #7

I feel incredibly sad for people whose life's goal is to spend 30 yrs assembling junk. BobbyDrake Dec 2016 #4

I go to work to pay for the things I enjoy mythology Dec 2016 #8

Automation has very little to do with the reason the US is in economic decline. duffyduff Dec 2016 #6

The real problem is smart automation andym Dec 2016 #9