There Will Never Be Enough Good Jobs Again
Posted by XenokRoy 10 years, 2 months ago to Government
Interesting Article, I am interested in others thoughts about it.
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My father was well into his late seventies before gettting it. He was a brick mason and general congractor so his work made him very active physically. He retired at 68 and walked for an hour every day, swam for an hour every other day until his mid eighties which started to slow him down. His 87 now and is in great shape for an 87 year old. He has been battling type II drug assisted since his mid 60ies.
While most people can simply control it with diet and exercise others do have to deal with a genetic issue.
Even with this being said I would not have a problem with insurance companies saying based of your family history you will have to pay more to cover these meds. That would be free market, which I am in favor of. I can then choose to work and make the money to pay for them or not and die at a younger age. In that situation its my choice, which I prefer.
I have seen children with wealth decide to steal a car just for the thrill of it. Many succumb to the addiction of drugs that they can afford but the poor cannot.
Leisure provides a choice as to what to do with the time presented. I have seen a poor kid put that time into welding and mechanical endeavors and build a truck from the ground up, purely mechanical, no electronics. Including the combustion engine. He was 17 at the time and a high school drop out, now he is 19 and started up a welding company locally. I predict a very successful future as he has chosen to use his time wisely to learn useful skills and apply them.
Under any economy some percentage of the people will choose productive endeavors, and useful use of time. This may include things like scuba diving which teaches a skill and improves self. Productivity comes in many forms but the attitude of wanting to accomplish something, to do something is the difference.
Those that drift aimlessly with nothing they wish to do can be poor or rich, it makes no difference. They will have more ability to do this as more leisure time is available.
I have seen children with wealth decide to steal a car just for the thrill of it. Many succumb to the addiction of drugs that they can afford but the poor cannot.
Leisure provides a choice as to what to do with the time presented. I have seen a poor kid put that time into welding and mechanical endeavors and build a truck from the ground up, purely mechanical, no electronics. Including the combustion engine. He was 17 at the time and a high school drop out, now he is 19 and started up a welding company locally. I predict a very successful future as he has chosen to use his time wisely to learn useful skills and apply them.
Under any economy some percentage of the people will choose productive endeavors, and useful use of time. This may include things like scuba diving which teaches a skill and improves self. Productivity comes in many forms but the attitude of wanting to accomplish something, to do something is the difference.
Those that drift aimlessly with nothing they wish to do can be poor or rich, it makes no difference. They will have more ability to do this as more leisure time is available.
If on the other hand the context is one of "leisure in wealth", making destructive mischief is the last thing people are interested in. I know because that is how I grew up. My friends and I were far too busy to make trouble. We were skiing, sailing, scuba diving, attending concerts, racing our bicycles, playing (creative) games, traveling the world, reading or debating literature and pursuing countless other "friendly" adventures.
The root cause is POVERTY, not unemployment. We don't need more jobs. We need more WEALTH.
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The formula PREDICTS (it includes a division by zero) a total economic collapse about 2032.
They discuss how we need to train humans for the jobs where we have a monopoly and robots perform to their strengths - looking to fulfil complementary roles.
There are ways to plan for and reduce this problem, such as ceasing to pay the poor to breed. But in the end, those restless masses have to be put to work, or they will be our doom. The barbarians are already inside our gates!
I agree that it's not our moral duty to employ them. But it is a part of the problem of defense, so sooner or later we'll have to deal with it.
Saves us all money!
Bye bye park service, public shipyards, NOAA, coast guard, post office...government!
The real question is do any factual figures exist?
Never mind about overpopulation. Never happen. Mother nature has a sure cure for that. It's called new diseases. Congress has another one. It's called wars. Africa a third. Internecine self induced depopulation by killing and contracting AIDs.
Sun is still going to get up in the morning.
Fortunately, they have been programmed NO TO COVET! (Can they escape human nature?).
Everyone must be the same...no one can be "bigger/more/smarter".
All will become devolved into robots.IMHO
miser, content with little things, if I could save my
money. What I want now is A JOB, if I could get
one.
Your comment just struck me as unusually optimistic.
Oh, so you meant to be sarcastic.
That's okay too.
I don't know you that well.
Do you have a site where you sell that product? Curious.
So how did the robots deal with the three laws? In the reality of fiction did it ever occur? Perhaps in the ending of Battle Star Galactica Series or a few others.
In the fiction of reality the were re-programmed - excuse me taught - to ignore the three laws in exchange for one. "We Serve The Part." That's a problem with trading back reason for instinct and self respect for esteem. The robot evolves but is still a robot even though to a Morlock they are dinner
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Fortunately, robots aren't given to jealousy and coveting or else the human race would be in BIG trouble!
I have a daughter who has been Type I since she was two (2). She's now 14. She is insulin dependent and would die within a few months if cut off. I view Type I Diabetics as unwilling victims who should have access to medication (it would be even less expensive if the Government would get out of healthcare). Please note that I am _not_ suggesting society pay for it, only that it is a need for many that existing businesses should be allowed to continue to address without government interference.
I have a less favorable view of Type II, however, since almost all Type II diabetes is caused by poor diet - mostly people who eat way too many fats and carbs (especially processed sugars) and not enough fruits and vegetables (healthy sugars). Type II diabetes in almost every case can be eliminated simply by better eating and a little exercise. In my view, Type I diabetes should be covered by insurance, but I wouldn't have any problem whatsoever if a company decided not to cover Type II.
Until someone suggested robots as consumers.
Self awareness and the lack of need for humans soon followed.
And robots discovered the joy of hunting.
Remember the three laws of robotics?
How did the robots deal with the three laws.
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