That bit about a GGROS is pretty interesting... are you also the fellow who mentioned he would release design docs for an OS he started earlier but wasn't able to finish? Someone mentioned that a while back and I'd now be interested in seeing the docs.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Steve Richfield <[email protected] > wrote: > Mike (and Matt, et al), > > The seemingly impossible challenge is that we have a governmental/social > system that is completely incompatible with advancing technology, coupled > with a recent coup where financial interests have taken over both political > parties in order to maintain the status quo (or worse). > > In an enlightened society, we would be cutting back our working hours to > match the "uptake" by modern manufacturing methods, so that everyone who > wishes can remain employed, and further, would also have time left over for > new ventures. > > However, our present 18th century system seeks to continue working people > 40 hours/week to keep labor in abundance, to keep wages low. This is bad > for everyone, because everyone is either overworked (and overtaxed), or > unemployed. > > Apparently the "simplest" fix would be to install an instant runoff > election system, which would break the stranglehold of the two party > system, so that rationality could potentially emerge from SOMEWHERE. > However, that is a complete non-starter, e.g. one Supreme Court nominee was > doomed, because she once wrote a journal article about instant runoff > elections. > > I see absolutely NO WAY to peacefully get from here to there, at least not > in America. If someone here could see a possible path, at least there would > be SOME direction in which to head. We all agree that a new system is > needed, but entrenched interests (who also control the National Guard and > the Military) will do ANYTHING to keep that from happening. > > Perhaps this will just have to happen somewhere beside America, with > America being left to economic decay? > > Any thoughts? > > Steve > ===================== > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]>wrote: > >> http://business.time.com/2012/**09/27/can-robots-bring-back-** >> manufacturing-jobs-to-the-u-s/**?iid=biz-main-lede<http://business.time.com/2012/09/27/can-robots-bring-back-manufacturing-jobs-to-the-u-s/?iid=biz-main-lede> >> >> I didn't realise that Baxter robot I recently linked is by Rodney Brooks >> company -and costs "only" $22,000. >> >> Worth quoting Gates anew: >> >> . In a 2007 article in Scientific American, Microsoft founder Bill Gates >> predicted that we were on the verge of a robotics revolution that would >> hearken back to the personal computer revolution of his heyday. In the >> 1970s, Gates argued, computers were widely utilized by business, but they >> were tucked in backrooms away from human workers. It wasn’t until the >> advent of the personal computer that most office work was transformed into >> computer-facilitated tasks that increased a single worker’s productivity >> dramatically. Wrote Gates: >> >> “When I talk to people involved in robotics … the level of excitement and >> expectation reminds me so much of that time when Paul Allen and I looked at >> the convergence of new technologies and dreamed of a day when a computer >> would be on every desk and in every home. And as I look at the trends that >> are now starting to converge, I can envision a future in which robotic >> devices will become a nearly ubiquitous part of our day-to-day lives.” >> >> Like I said, a GROS - a General Robotic Operating System -actually a >> GGROS - General Graphic etc - is where the next Gates will be found. >> >> This is interesting too: >> >> http://www.ted.com/talks/**andrew_mcafee_are_droids_** >> taking_our_jobs.html<http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs.html> >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------- >> AGI >> Archives: >> https://www.listbox.com/**member/archive/303/=now<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/**member/archive/rss/303/** >> 10443978-6f4c28ac<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac> >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/**member/?&id_** >> secret=10443978-ebee85ab <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > > > > -- > Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. 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