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Red Ochsenbein (he/him)

I'd once again like to remind everyone that automation is good; it means we (humanity as a whole) will have to work less to maintain the same level of wealth.

This is only true if we are able to distribute the wealth well enough. And I am afraid we are not prepared to do that in the necessary amount to deal with what is coming.

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𒎏Wii 🏳️‍⚧️

Well, yes, but that's a problem that can be solved. Shouldn't we be working on figuring that out instead of being permanently afraid of progress?

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Red Ochsenbein (he/him)

If I take a look at humanity I really doubt we are equipped to solve this. I am not afraid of progress... I am afraid of humanities recklessness and inability to deal with things before they bite everyone in the ass. So, there's that.
Anyways I am working hard for a better future, on multiple fronts. But we who care are not enough, we get ousted by corporate interests. Responsibility is threatening profits, and in a purely capitalistic world profit is all that matters.

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Ernst03

We act as if wealth is life.
That requires us to ignore realities the simpler forms of life don't.
To believe we are somehow not subject to death and it's finality because we imagine so.

The greatest Con-Job is getting the majority to go without now in promise of a great reward in some here after.
And, it's been going strong.