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Topic	"Augmented human labor is an inclusive opportunity, not a threat."
FLUFFYGERM 12/03/17 11:43:52 AM #4:	Skye Reynolds posted... "leaving more time for what really matters" Starvation? Imprisonment for turning to crime to get by? Needlessly engaging in wars to decrease the surplus population through combat? There's a reason people work. It's primarily about survival. You replace 40% of the workforce with automation and making the grade will no longer be about the highest paycheck, it'll be about avoiding life in a cell or under a bridge. People are happier when they can maintain their standard of living with less hours worked. People are also more enabled to be creative and entrepreneurs when they don't need to work backbreaking hours in order to survive. The Industrial Revolution saw plenty of automation. What used to be manual labor in the fields is now trivial work for a machine, and we're better off as a species because of it. The idea that people "need" to work is silly. People will be just fine to work 20 hours a week for the same standard of living. Or to work 5 hours a week for the same standard of living. We have films, books, videogames, travel, and soon space exploration and virtual reality. There are many things we can do to keep ourselves occupied. --- but Marxist theory is extremely consistent, both internally and with reality. -averagejeol <cite>FLUFFYGERM posted [p:891507833] in "Augm... [t:76057385]...</cite> <quote><cite>Skye Reynolds posted...</cite> <quote>"leaving more time for what really matters" Starvation? Imprisonment for turning to crime to get by? Needlessly engaging in wars to decrease the surplus population through combat? There's a reason people work. It's primarily about survival. You replace 40% of the workforce with automation and making the grade will no longer be about the highest paycheck, it'll be about avoiding life in a cell or under a bridge.</quote> People are happier when they can maintain their standard of living with less hours worked. People are also more enabled to be creative and entrepreneurs when they don't need to work backbreaking hours in order to survive. The Industrial Revolution saw plenty of automation. What used to be manual labor in the fields is now trivial work for a machine, and we're better off as a species because of it. The idea that people "need" to work is silly. People will be just fine to work 20 hours a week for the same standard of living. Or to work 5 hours a week for the same standard of living. We have films, books, videogames, travel, and soon space exploration and virtual reality. There are many things we can do to keep ourselves occupied. --- but Marxist theory is extremely consistent, both internally and with reality. -averagejeol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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