Comment by chriskanan
12 hours ago
Jobs are an invention of humanity. About 50% of people dislike their job. People spend much of their lives working. Poverty and inequality are a choice made by society if society chooses poorly.
12 hours ago
Jobs are an invention of humanity. About 50% of people dislike their job. People spend much of their lives working. Poverty and inequality are a choice made by society if society chooses poorly.
They're only an invention if you consider "seeking sustenance to live" not explicitly a job if there's no monthly direct deposit involved.
Indeed.
On the plus side, if there really is no value to labour, then farm work must have been fully automated along with all the other roles.
On the down side, rich elites have historically had a very hard time truly empathising with normal people and understanding their needs even when they care to attempt it, so it is very possible that a lot of people will starve in such a scenario despite the potential abundance of food.
It's either: 1) the rich voluntarily share the means of production so everyone becomes equal, 2) the poor stage successful revolutions so they gain access to the means of production and everyone becomes equal, 3) the poor starve or are otherwise eliminated, and the survivors will be equal.
All roads lead to equality when the value of labour becomes 0 due to 100% automation.
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Many (most?) people make a living from their job whether they like it or not. Having a job that they dislike is far better than losing one because of AI whatever that means.
Not sure it’s much of a choice and more of a decision the greedy half make and imposition (often violent) on the other half.
Sounds great! Quit your job then :)
I wish I lived in a vacuum. Idk about you but I did not make said choice.
Every biological being works to survive. Being good at survival is what builds self esteem.
The "problem" with many modern jobs is that they're divorced from the fundamental goal, which is one of: 1) Kill/acquire food, 2) Build shelter, or 3) Kill enemies/competitors/predators
The benefit of modern jobs is that they are much more peaceful ways for society to operate, freeing up time for humans to pursue art and other forms of expression.
You mean surrogate activities
The only thing invented about jobs is that through cooperation, the activity undertaken can seem completely unrelated to obtaining food, shelter etc. All organisms spend a majority of their energy on survival and reproduction.
And when have we not? When in history has mankind ever treated the idle poor well? What makes this age different, that we who can no longer work would be taken care of?
When in history has being idle not been a problem?
If AI and robots are able to do all the jobs, being idle isn't the negative it has always been.
All through history, you needed lots of non-idle people to do all the work that needed to be done. This is a new situation we are coming upon.
If they are doing all the jobs, who is going to receive economic opportunities? Will we no longer be able to participate in the economy?
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When in history of mankind have we ever… is an appeal to the inability of humans to evolve.
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So are mortgages, and I’m starting to wonder how will pay mine.
Please note I’ve never had this problem before, until recently.