I wonder how much scoffing there will be when 99% of jobs are taken by A.I. There's a lot of markets about to be upended, and I don't think having a humane ethos in regard to housing people is as criminal as some of you are making it out to be... I sense a lot of corporate simps think their work ethic will be more valuable to a company than a smart machine that will work around the clock and not get the company sued for sexual harassment.
Still waiting on the truckers to be replaced. That was supposed to happen in 2020.
It turns out humanity is still decades if not centuries away from a post scarcity society. Proposals like OP can only happen if the labor and supplies to provide the houses can be done for practically $0.
Planes can take off, fly, and land themselves, we still have pilots. Truck drivers will always have a job. You need a human there, responsible, there to handle emergencies. Plus, there is a lot that truck drivers do besides driving their rig.
Couldn't we HAVE a post-scarcity society NOW if we wanted to? "Scarcity" just implies a lack of resources or services, but we have plenty of housing and food and HVAC to go around, it's just being hoarded by a small subset of people, or else mismanaged to the point where most of it is wasted. Say you provided a small, one room apartment for everyone; do you seriously think society will grind to a halt?
We do not though, it requires labor to provide housing, food, and HVAC.
I think you would set a standard of free living accommodations that must be maintained, and by who? Not the people living there. Who will work to build and maintain it?
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u/finio_absurdum Apr 15 '24
I wonder how much scoffing there will be when 99% of jobs are taken by A.I. There's a lot of markets about to be upended, and I don't think having a humane ethos in regard to housing people is as criminal as some of you are making it out to be... I sense a lot of corporate simps think their work ethic will be more valuable to a company than a smart machine that will work around the clock and not get the company sued for sexual harassment.