https://youtu.be/7Pq-S557XQU
It's a bit long, but worth the follow through.
The statistics and projections are staggering.
It's a bit long, but worth the follow through.
The statistics and projections are staggering.
Maybe terrorism isn't the greatest threat?
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callmefence
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I figured out several years ago. Just a small investment like a. 50 horse tractor with a post driver and fel. Will replace three men . I'll have my money back plus in a year, still have the tractor, and also be free of the liability and problems that three people bring with them...
callmefence":1sca6oob said:
I completely understand that Fence. The video explains the inevitably of mainstream automation due to its economic function. It makes me wonder what kind of world this will become with the projected population growth and decrease in job opportunities of ALL varieties. I may be wrong, but I'm a firm believer that people with nothing to do tend to be problematic. Work is a necessary function of humanity....
I had a customer just the other day telling about how the new baler pickers and strippers have hurt his business.
The new machines have eliminated a boll buggy, module builder, tractors for both, two hired hands to run them.
Harvest used to be big business keeping all that running, but now it's one machine
The new machines have eliminated a boll buggy, module builder, tractors for both, two hired hands to run them.
Harvest used to be big business keeping all that running, but now it's one machine
hurleyjd
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bball":x86o7pzt said:
A lot of the countries around the world are in negative growth now. If it was not for the immigrants to America having more than one child America would not be replacing the dieing population with new people. There has been an upsurge in 5 year birth control in America in the last few months. Fewer people means fewer customers for the machines to provide products for.
hurleyjd":1nprsynd said:
Projected 8 billion worldwide by 2024 and 11 billion by 2100. While world population growth peaked in The 60's, a continual upswing of 50% is still substantial. Especially when viewed with respect to the link posted.
hurleyjd
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bball":1nyp7vr5 said:
I will agree that the replacing the blue collar jobs with machines will be a problem.
I will share a brief glimpse into my occasional 'pessimistic' side... as I watched the link, I started thinking, 'how long before these computers and autos "learn" (or decide) that humans are the virus here... I know, too much terminator and matrix.
sim.-ang.king
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dun":1wqpzjau said:
HAL: It can only be attributable to human error.
Very entertaining to watch. I think I am too far along to worry.
What occurred to me is the coming of a society where animal husbandry means androids caring for humans. It would be the ultimate social state. No one works. Everyone shares in the benefits of the services and productivity provided by robots and androids. The ultimate socialism.
What occurred to me is the coming of a society where animal husbandry means androids caring for humans. It would be the ultimate social state. No one works. Everyone shares in the benefits of the services and productivity provided by robots and androids. The ultimate socialism.
dun":1k8szi40 said:
Books are almost obsolete. I had to refresh my memory on that. I do remember the movie.
There are many strange changes ahead. Would be fun to see what our society is like 100 years from now.
dun":32i2lkub said:
That's what I mean. Instead of burning paper books, they would be 'burning' (deleting) any and all books stored in electronic devices. Basically, still serving the role of firemen as described in 451. Your reference to 451 is quite relevant.
The link makes concepts presented in literature like Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World seem not so far fetched; but instead of big brother being another human or group of humans, imagine big brother being a master computer system.
ETA: even your reference to HAL had my wheels turning. I had forgotten how thought -provoking that book was as well.
ETA: even your reference to HAL had my wheels turning. I had forgotten how thought -provoking that book was as well.
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I think the narrator was a computer. Maybe the androids would get humanized, become jealous, lazy & revolt. Then we would be their slaves. "ultimate socialism"..... Regardless, socialism would , as it always does, eventually fail. Look no further than present day Venezuela. People are reduced to hunting cats, dogs and pigeons for a meal. Socialism is in a way, a form of automation. Automatically entitled to something just for being alive.Margonme":qymgre5j said:
zirlottkim":17os896y said:
Yes. Automation providing services. A form of entitlement. Androids performing every function and service to the extent that every human is a ward of society - the ultimate limit that socialism can reach.
