1/ Thought: when s/w, robots eat bullshit jobs, to the extent that they're done by people with alt support, new jobs don't replace them
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2/ People who HAVE to work or risk starving/becoming homeless are in trouble, but people who just suffer standard of living decrease aren't
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3/ Income inequality creates leisure class of people not hurting enough to take downward mobility jobs, not free enough to innovate new ones
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but you're describing almost all the hobbyist makers: the opensource developers, the craft artisans on Etsy, the musicians and artists.
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in Industrial Age, actual output became optional for bs workers, but you still needed a living. Now for many profit optional too
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