There are two ways of coping with tech making some people obsolete: socialism and eugenics. Those are the options. Choose wisely.
@R_Slaugh Yeah. It kind of gave the concept a bad name. But eugenics as a political goal has a long and storied history in the US.
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@chaosprime wouldn't a third option just be retraining? -
@R_Slaugh Maybe? Though just allocating resources to that is socialist. But can everybody learn something useful? Like to think so, but idk. -
@R_Slaugh Like, generalized problem-solving will always be useful, but afaict some people are just completely immune to learning to do it. -
@chaosprime there's old farts like me that have relearned their job several times. -
@R_Slaugh Sure, you got moxie. There are people with zero moxie, and zero family, and zero friends. Do we throw them under the bus or no? -
@chaosprime were they born that way or created by the system? -
@R_Slaugh Most likely answer to that is "yes". System likes to push people down any way it can; predisposition is a fine hook for it to use. -
@chaosprime so let's fix the system - 15 more replies
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