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04-19-2017, 12:03 AM
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The future is unwritten
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April 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. 
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04-19-2017, 07:05 AM
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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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04-19-2017, 11:52 AM
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The future is unwritten
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04-19-2017, 10:28 AM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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Eventually the only job will be to personally amuse the robot owners who enjoy ordering real people around.
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04-19-2017, 10:45 AM
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who's going to pay money to the robot owners if there are no jobs any more?
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04-19-2017, 11:02 AM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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They 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.
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04-19-2017, 11:44 AM
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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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****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
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04-20-2017, 06:42 AM
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still says videotape
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04-19-2017, 08:27 PM
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the images look like a mashup of equal parts the Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia and Modern Times.
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