08-15-2017, 09:36 AM
(08-14-2017, 06:15 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:(08-14-2017, 05:34 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: If globalization and automation are tools of bondage, then maybe we would be wise to refuse to buy our own chains.
Globalization is bondage, but automation is not. Every time humans have automated a job it has resulted in more goods, for less cost to more potential purchasers. Unless of course your idea of a fun time is staring at the ass end of a mule for months out of they year.
Adding my $0.02: Automation has a terminal phase, where all work is automated. We're a long way from that, but we had better start thinking about what this means, and start that thinking now! The automatons are owned by capitalists, mostly through corporations. What they produce, whether goods or services, have to be obtained by others with money (at least today). If work is nonexistent, then the buyers will be few and far between.
Essentially, this is a world of owners. What about the rest of us?
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.
