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Fundamental Theorem of Robosociology “Life is too hard” ≡ “Rewards of life are not worth the effort of living” Cost of death imposed by society is a balloon payment on cost of life, designed to prevent de facto serfs from taking easy way out before robots are ready to backfill
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The robotics era will truly begin the day universal access to painless euthanasia is recognized as a basic human right. With no more than a few “are you sure?” checks and a waiting period. The great tragedy of humans is that the average human is still worth something.
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Ironic that in Futurama, it is Bender the robot who keeps trying to commit suicide. In some ways he’s the proto Rick of Rick and Morty. Not a genius but that same division-by-void nihilist exuberance.