Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 days agowhen robots have all the jobs, who's gonna buy all the stuff?message-squaremessage-square135linkfedilinkarrow-up1245
arrow-up1245message-squarewhen robots have all the jobs, who's gonna buy all the stuff?Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square135linkfedilink
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoTheoretically if robots make everything, everything is free.
minus-squarefleton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoAutomate the work no one wants to do and we can all grow and explore our own interests. Star Trek here we come! Don’t chase money chase betterment of oneself and society. Sadly we will destroy ourselves way before it happens.
minus-squareKapirotto@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoOnce robots can do all the work for the rich, why would they bother to give anything to the poor?
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoBecause robots would build more robots making robots worthless
minus-square46_and_2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 days agoThis doesn’t answer their question at all.
Theoretically if robots make everything, everything is free.
Automate the work no one wants to do and we can all grow and explore our own interests. Star Trek here we come! Don’t chase money chase betterment of oneself and society. Sadly we will destroy ourselves way before it happens.
Once robots can do all the work for the rich, why would they bother to give anything to the poor?
Because robots would build more robots making robots worthless
This doesn’t answer their question at all.
Not in a capitalist economy.