Reply to post: Re: Seriously, how many centuries has this exact debate been going on?

Crazy idea but hear us out... With robots taking people's jobs, can we rethink this whole working to survive thing?

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Re: Seriously, how many centuries has this exact debate been going on?

The worst jobs today are massively better rewarded than the worst jobs even just twenty years ago, let alone thirty or forty. Purchasing power matters more than anything else here, and that's what automation boosts. The poor see by far the biggest benefits from cheap stuff, since the rich could always afford expensive stuff.

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