Greetings good citizen, watched HBO's special report on the future of work last night and it filled me with despair. The very people charged with finding solutions to the problems facing human society are 'unconcerned' about the vast economic desert they are creating...and the amplification of the 'uselessness' the majority of humans face as their contributions toward society are undermined by those willing to put their own self interest ahead of the rest of humanity.
We are rapidly approaching the point where the 'Army of the Unemployed' will dwarf the civilian workforce and, technically, the nearly million soldiers are 'unemployed' too because KILLER isn't a talent civilization requires to function.
I am tempted to sidetrack to the founding of this nation and the concept of the 'citizen soldier' [which originally implied a 'self policing' citizenry because it has been humanity's experience that establishing a paid, armed force inevitably resulted in tyranny...at the hands of whoever 'commanded' that force.]
But back to the situation at hand, the one where the few tasks essential to survival are being systematically automated out of existence and YOU stand there with your hands in your pockets while the CHUMP you voted for PRETENDS you SUPPORT his INACTION!
If your job doesn't pay you enough to live on or if you can't find work it's not the employer's problem...IT'S YOURS!
Hollywood keeps making Jurassic Park movies when the public niaevely thinks 'the powers that be' would stop the old crackpot in their tracks before such a fiasco ever took place.
It's what we tell ourselves so we can sleep at night.
Well Bunky, nobody is stopping a capitalist from acting recklessly if he can see a payday before the whole thing goes sideways.
Nobody is stopping the freakishly stupid from eliminating the LIVELIHOODS of tens of millions of workers because robots don't take breaks and never go on strike for higher wages.
A 'cost controlled' world is indeed a desert, nobody lives there because commerce isn't 'symbiotic' it's predatory.
A segment of the show displayed automation being applied to a burger operation...I SINCERELY hope EVERYONE that views the special makes it a point to BOYCOTT 'Cali-Burger' because it's moronic owner claims his motivation to automate his kitchen is for 'consistency' despite admitting it's actually about 'cost control.' You only buy the robot once and it works around the clock...until it breaks and then you either replace it or another robot repairs it.
In yet another segment they showed an 'autonomous' tractor trailer rig, which the 'lying bastard' claimed was to meet a 'shortage' in trucking jobs.
Why is there a 'shortage' of truckers? Medical screens and the limitations of 'human endurance'. A driver can only spend so many hours behind the wheel before he has to stop, rest and service his vehicle...no so for a robot and this is what the 'greedheads' are aiming at.
Despite protestations to the contrary, SURVIVAL PERSONAL remains job number one for each and every living thing.
Constant reader knows UBI [Universal Basic Income] is no different than the 'minimum wage'. It is the ultimate 'chump play'. Whatever you are 'handed', your 'expenses' will rise proportionally...(plus ten percent.)
There is nothing you can DO about being 'wasted' so someone else can live 'the life' (at YOUR expense, it has to come from somewhere and that somewhere is YOUR SHARE!) Your 'distress' is not your elected official's problem, in fact it is their 'bread & butter'!
You'll stop breeding and the greedheads will let you DIE on UBI 'life support' while they tweak their robots to care for them in their dotage.
None are so blind as those who REFUSE TO SEE!
Without RADICAL change the extinction of humanity is but a decade away [Full disclosure, I didn't think we'd get this far but humanity becomes more resilient as it get DUMBER.
Back to the HBO/VICE special. If you don't have HBO you can probably find it on You Tube or online somewhere.
The special pulls no punches, our self professed betters give zero fucks about how YOU are supposed to survive. The 'fig leaf' they hold out as 'hope for the future' is the exact same one held out at the advent of the 'computer age'...coding. The creators of the special included the factoid that AI will quickly take over what coding jobs there are so how's that for a 'you're fucked' future?
Um, not in the workforce number already exceeds 50 % of the working aged population yet we could end unemployment tomorrow. Double hack: lower retirement age to 50 while cutting the work week to 20 hours.
Housing will become a 'gimme' and home maintenance will become a profession...that YOU don't have to pay for because the people that do the job get paid to do it so there is no need for you to pay them too.
Seriously good citizen, how STUPID are you? You know one millionth of one percent of nothing and your 'beliefs' about money prove that.
Death [exile] to the greedheads!
Until next time, Head,
Gegner
We are rapidly approaching the point where the 'Army of the Unemployed' will dwarf the civilian workforce and, technically, the nearly million soldiers are 'unemployed' too because KILLER isn't a talent civilization requires to function.
I am tempted to sidetrack to the founding of this nation and the concept of the 'citizen soldier' [which originally implied a 'self policing' citizenry because it has been humanity's experience that establishing a paid, armed force inevitably resulted in tyranny...at the hands of whoever 'commanded' that force.]
But back to the situation at hand, the one where the few tasks essential to survival are being systematically automated out of existence and YOU stand there with your hands in your pockets while the CHUMP you voted for PRETENDS you SUPPORT his INACTION!
If your job doesn't pay you enough to live on or if you can't find work it's not the employer's problem...IT'S YOURS!
Hollywood keeps making Jurassic Park movies when the public niaevely thinks 'the powers that be' would stop the old crackpot in their tracks before such a fiasco ever took place.
It's what we tell ourselves so we can sleep at night.
Well Bunky, nobody is stopping a capitalist from acting recklessly if he can see a payday before the whole thing goes sideways.
Nobody is stopping the freakishly stupid from eliminating the LIVELIHOODS of tens of millions of workers because robots don't take breaks and never go on strike for higher wages.
A 'cost controlled' world is indeed a desert, nobody lives there because commerce isn't 'symbiotic' it's predatory.
A segment of the show displayed automation being applied to a burger operation...I SINCERELY hope EVERYONE that views the special makes it a point to BOYCOTT 'Cali-Burger' because it's moronic owner claims his motivation to automate his kitchen is for 'consistency' despite admitting it's actually about 'cost control.' You only buy the robot once and it works around the clock...until it breaks and then you either replace it or another robot repairs it.
In yet another segment they showed an 'autonomous' tractor trailer rig, which the 'lying bastard' claimed was to meet a 'shortage' in trucking jobs.
Why is there a 'shortage' of truckers? Medical screens and the limitations of 'human endurance'. A driver can only spend so many hours behind the wheel before he has to stop, rest and service his vehicle...no so for a robot and this is what the 'greedheads' are aiming at.
Despite protestations to the contrary, SURVIVAL PERSONAL remains job number one for each and every living thing.
Constant reader knows UBI [Universal Basic Income] is no different than the 'minimum wage'. It is the ultimate 'chump play'. Whatever you are 'handed', your 'expenses' will rise proportionally...(plus ten percent.)
There is nothing you can DO about being 'wasted' so someone else can live 'the life' (at YOUR expense, it has to come from somewhere and that somewhere is YOUR SHARE!) Your 'distress' is not your elected official's problem, in fact it is their 'bread & butter'!
You'll stop breeding and the greedheads will let you DIE on UBI 'life support' while they tweak their robots to care for them in their dotage.
None are so blind as those who REFUSE TO SEE!
Without RADICAL change the extinction of humanity is but a decade away [Full disclosure, I didn't think we'd get this far but humanity becomes more resilient as it get DUMBER.
Back to the HBO/VICE special. If you don't have HBO you can probably find it on You Tube or online somewhere.
The special pulls no punches, our self professed betters give zero fucks about how YOU are supposed to survive. The 'fig leaf' they hold out as 'hope for the future' is the exact same one held out at the advent of the 'computer age'...coding. The creators of the special included the factoid that AI will quickly take over what coding jobs there are so how's that for a 'you're fucked' future?
Um, not in the workforce number already exceeds 50 % of the working aged population yet we could end unemployment tomorrow. Double hack: lower retirement age to 50 while cutting the work week to 20 hours.
Housing will become a 'gimme' and home maintenance will become a profession...that YOU don't have to pay for because the people that do the job get paid to do it so there is no need for you to pay them too.
Seriously good citizen, how STUPID are you? You know one millionth of one percent of nothing and your 'beliefs' about money prove that.
Death [exile] to the greedheads!
Until next time, Head,
Gegner
You'll stop breeding and the greedheads will let you DIE on UBI 'life support' while they tweak their robots to care for them in their dotage.
ReplyDeleteNone are so blind as those who REFUSE TO SEE!
But back to the situation at hand, the one where the few tasks essential to survival are being systematically automated out of existence and YOU stand there with your hands in your pockets while the CHUMP you voted for PRETENDS you SUPPORT his INACTION!
ReplyDeleteA 'cost controlled' world is indeed a desert, nobody lives there because commerce isn't 'symbiotic' it's predatory.
ReplyDeleteI am tempted to sidetrack to the founding of this nation and the concept of the 'citizen soldier' [which originally implied a 'self policing' citizenry because it has been humanity's experience that establishing a paid, armed force inevitably resulted in tyranny...at the hands of whoever 'commanded' that force.]
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing you can DO about being 'wasted' so someone else can live 'the life' (at YOUR expense, it has to come from somewhere and that somewhere is YOUR SHARE!) Your 'distress' is not your elected official's problem, in fact it is their 'bread & butter'!
ReplyDeleteYou'll stop breeding and the greedheads will let you DIE on UBI 'life support' while they tweak their robots to care for them in their dotage.
I am tempted to sidetrack to the founding of this nation and the concept of the 'citizen soldier' [which originally implied a 'self policing' citizenry because it has been humanity's experience that establishing a paid, armed force inevitably resulted in tyranny...at the hands of whoever 'commanded' that force.]
ReplyDeleteWell Bunky, nobody is stopping a capitalist from acting recklessly if he can see a payday before the whole thing goes sideways.
ReplyDeleteIf your job doesn't pay you enough to live on or if you can't find work it's not the employer's problem...IT'S YOURS!
ReplyDeleteA segment of the show displayed automation being applied to a burger operation...I SINCERELY hope EVERYONE that views the special makes it a point to BOYCOTT 'Cali-Burger' because it's moronic owner claims his motivation to automate his kitchen is for 'consistency' despite admitting it's actually about 'cost control.' You only buy the robot once and it works around the clock...until it breaks and then you either replace it or another robot repairs it.
ReplyDeleteWe are rapidly approaching the point where the 'Army of the Unemployed' will dwarf the civilian workforce and, technically, the nearly million soldiers are 'unemployed' too because KILLER isn't a talent civilization requires to function.
ReplyDeleteI am tempted to sidetrack to the founding of this nation and the concept of the 'citizen soldier' [which originally implied a 'self policing' citizenry because it has been humanity's experience that establishing a paid, armed force inevitably resulted in tyranny...at the hands of whoever 'commanded' that force.]
But back to the situation at hand, the one where the few tasks essential to survival are being systematically automated out of existence and YOU stand there with your hands in your pockets while the CHUMP you voted for PRETENDS you SUPPORT his INACTION!
ReplyDeleteI am tempted to sidetrack to the founding of this nation and the concept of the 'citizen soldier' [which originally implied a 'self policing' citizenry because it has been humanity's experience that establishing a paid, armed force inevitably resulted in tyranny...at the hands of whoever 'commanded' that force.]
ReplyDeleteIf your job doesn't pay you enough to live on or if you can't find work it's not the employer's problem...IT'S YOURS!
ReplyDeleteNobody is stopping the freakishly stupid from eliminating the LIVELIHOODS of tens of millions of workers because robots don't take breaks and never go on strike for higher wages.
ReplyDeleteA 'cost controlled' world is indeed a desert, nobody lives there because commerce isn't 'symbiotic' it's predatory.