How are we managing to make the end of work a dystopia? What kind of fucking moronic species are we? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/may/19/driverless-cars-pilotless-planes-jobs-human …
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Replying to @damiengwalter
@damiengwalter It’s a theological problem: “the devil makes work for idle hands” has a lot to answer for.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @cstross
@cstross@damiengwalter Not entirely. There's a lot of evidence that being unemployed makes people unhappy. http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2013/04/quantifying-the-evil-of-unemployment.html …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TACJ@damiengwalter Does unemployment make people unhappy BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO MONEY OR SOCIAL STATUS, or b/c they have no “work”?11 replies 7 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @cstross
@cstross@TACJ@damiengwalter Just imagine the bliss if someone gave you a real job and you would not have to do all that 'writing' instead.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Plinz
@Plinz@TACJ@damiengwalter The Party assigned him a crap job; the factory was overjoyed when he bunked off to join a small SF publisher.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@cstross @TACJ @damiengwalter Yep. We had the right to a job, but nothing could force us to work. Part of the reason why GDR failed, sadly
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