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2016 Postmortem

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

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 11:14 AM

Dec 2016

Like, shit, does that even qualify as a goal?

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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

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

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

The real problem is smart automation andym Dec 2016 #9