I think technology is not remotely the primary cause of current unemployment levels. I think grossly over indebted economies, public and private, and government deep involvement in and harm to all levels of economy are much more pertinent problems.
No one is forced to do anything except apparently part with over half of everything they earn in one government taking or another (in the US today). Every employee has overhead costs. In the US they run from 50% to 100% of salary. Since we simultaneously want everyone to have a good enough to live on salary you can see there is a double whammy here of more employees to do the same work at full salary plus overhead. You cannot expect business to go for this or to survive or to not pass cost on under such a scheme. You don't get to a positive singularity by even further wrecking the economies of today with poorly thought out schemes. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:41 AM, just camel <[email protected]> wrote: > A healthy mind does not expect anything in return. > > Also with technological unemployment and an oversaturated market what do > you really get in return? If 10% of the working people can sustain our > entire society then what's the point in forcing all the other people to do > meaningless bullshit for 4$ an hour? Why not just acknowledge abundance and > share the little remaining meaningful work among those who want to > contribute and enjoy a 5-10 hour work week? Instead what you are getting in > return is this: Fearful and exploited people voting for nationalists and > racists and engaging in all sorts of irrational behaviour induced by fear > and competition. > > That's not how you maintain a healthy society while waiting for Santa > Claus machines to obsolete our spiritual dilemma. > > On 04/10/2014 03:26 AM, Samantha Atkins wrote: > >> Those value produces rightfully expect some value in return. What I mean >> is just because someone *needs* the value they produce does not mean they >> should get it with no value given to its producer. >> > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/2997756-fc0b9b09 > 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
