A coincidental convergence of recent tweets: we are wasting the surplus from technical and economic innovation on mandatory, soul-killing busywork. 1/https://twitter.com/literalbanana/status/981730992330174464 …
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@vgr made a similar point in a long tweet thread a couple days ago:https://twitter.com/vgr/status/981603366508756992 …Show this thread -
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@vgr’s thread is both terrifying—because he points to evidence that systematicity is collapsing overall—and hopeful, because he thinks alternatives are possible.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/981603954009108480 …Show this thread -
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@vgr’s objection here: systematicity should be optional for most people. It’s unnatural and most people are bad at it and don’t like it. We haven’t yet got a good alternative…https://twitter.com/vgr/status/981958713031385088 …Show this thread -
12/ Can a future society provide the emotional rightness of pre-modern community, smoothly-functioning systematic institutions, space for diverse subcultures, and creativity for all? I believe so:https://meaningness.com/fluidity-desiderata …
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Isn't UBI a step towards the right direction?
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It probably could be! It’s a bit unclear currently how it could be implemented, and it’s consequences are uncertain. I’m enthusiastic about the possibility!
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