Matt, I don't think anyone is blaming technology. We all know that automation is a good thing.
We or some of us, simply believe since so much is automated, then we should be able to have more time off to do stuff. However the social reforms are lacking or slow paced, so perhaps we'll be able to speed those up with technology also. It would be great if we could replace politicians with technology. Such as is the case with the Online Party, that is direct-democratic approach, members vote on bills, and the party representatives must vote the same as the people, when in office. https://www.onlineparty.ca/ Certainly it's not perfect, as phrasing is really very important, and it can be pretty confusing with some of the bills they post. But I think it's a move in the correct direction. Considering how great food technologies are, perhaps they can cut down on subsidizing it, unfortuantely subsidized industries, lobby to keep themselves so. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Piaget Modeler > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Unless we redistribute wealth through socioeconomic engineering, > creating more unemployment through automation > > certainly won't help matters ... > > This is getting tiresome. I keep offering empirical evidence that > technology improves people's standard of living and does not cause > unemployment, and you keep insisting that it does. > > > "CAIRO -- Egypt’s recent days of violence have focused attention on the > country’s political crisis – but the underlying > > cause remains an economy on the brink of collapse. Rising prices of > basic goods like bread, sugar and gasoline > > coupled with high rate of unemployment and a lack of social justice has > created a lethal and combustible cocktail. > > Poor education, youth disenfranchisement, unemployment and poverty have > created a reservoir of resentment > > Are you blaming the internet for allowing the protesters to organize? > Perhaps Egypt should do like Syria and shut it off. Otherwise, I don't > see how technology is the cause of their problems. > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-a88c7a6d > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
