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Automation + overpopulation = unemployment: solutions?

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Re: Automation + overpopulation = unemployment: solutions?

Unread postby Newfie » Fri 29 Jan 2016, 15:25:45

Ayoob....you lost it right where you said "it makes sense". Humans don't seem much to worry about making sense.
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Re: Automation + overpopulation = unemployment: solutions?

Unread postby Newfie » Fri 29 Jan 2016, 23:24:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'I')n an automated and overpopulated future were the rich still rule, there will always be jobs for goons, coke dealers and hookers.

Welcome to Lagos may be the future for everyone else
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I just got around to watching this.

Fascinating.

Thanks for the link.
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Re: Automation + overpopulation = unemployment: solutions?

Unread postby Newfie » Fri 05 Feb 2016, 14:38:40

So I've been thinking about driverless cars in the context of automation.

It's surely a form of automation. But not driven by capitalistic goals.

So what is the motivating force? What does it say about us?
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