xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Apr 19 01:03 AMApril 19th, 2017: Automation
It’s here, It’s growing exponentially, a threat to many, making money for a few.
Remember when took my job
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to do it
Because I'd go berserk
Well you replaced me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind
And they're coming to take me away ha-haaa
They're coming to take me away ho-ho hee-hee ha-haaa
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) saw it early and warned the proletariat.
Some of Artzybasheff's art after he came to the US predicts the future in a whimsical manner.
Snakeadelic Wednesday Apr 19 08:05 AMGood choice of lyrics to go with those images! I actually have that song on 45 rpm vinyl single. The "B" side, for the record, is the same song. Backward.
Happy Monkey Wednesday Apr 19 11:28 AMEventually the only job will be to personally amuse the robot owners who enjoy ordering real people around.
glatt Wednesday Apr 19 11:45 AMwho's going to pay money to the robot owners if there are no jobs any more?
Happy Monkey Wednesday Apr 19 12:02 PMThey don't need it. They have robots to do whatever they need. At that level, money is a game already; I'm sure they'll come up with appropriate rules between themselves. Everyone else will be scrabbling for money to spend in the company store.
Flint Wednesday Apr 19 12:44 PMPeople are talking about Universal Basic Income, to offset the loss of jobs to automation. This is assuming that the benevolent business community (long time standard bearers of fairness and human compassion) won't simply continue the obscene concentration of wealth, leaving everyone but a very few in wretched living conditions. You know, like ALL OF HISTORY.
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Apr 19 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Snakeadelic
Good choice of lyrics to go with those images! I actually have that song on 45 rpm vinyl single. The "B" side, for the record, is the same song. Backward.
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I was driving to Florida from Massachusetts when that song broke. All the way down, two weeks there and all the way home it was in rapid rotation. After every commercial, station break, or anything else, I could count on it. By the time I got home I never wanted to hear that fucking song again.
BigV Wednesday Apr 19 09:27 PMthe images look like a mashup of equal parts the Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia and Modern Times.
Griff Thursday Apr 20 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Flint
People are talking about Universal Basic Income, to offset the loss of jobs to automation. This is assuming that the benevolent business community (long time standard bearers of fairness and human compassion) won't simply continue the obscene concentration of wealth, leaving everyone but a very few in wretched living conditions. You know, like ALL OF HISTORY.
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Hey now, Jesus wouldn't have made it this way if it wasn't good.
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