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by bee_rider 1145 days ago
Our economy would have to be truly ridiculous if having robots do 40% of the work was a bad thing. I mean, that means we have almost twice as many people available to do the stuff that couldn’t get automated! The most obvious solution would just be for everyone to work a little bit more than half as hard as they used to.
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JohnFen 1145 days ago
And they'll get paid half as much.
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bee_rider 1145 days ago
If we get paid half as much, but there’s still the same amount of stuff being made, how’s that all supposed to work out?

In any case, I bet lots of people would take less pay in exchange for almost twice as much time to spend with their friends and loved ones.

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JohnFen 1145 days ago
> I bet lots of people would take less pay in exchange for almost twice as much time to spend with their friends and loved ones.

Only those who are paid well. For the majority of people in the US, this isn't true. Halving their income is an existential crisis.

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adventured 1145 days ago
It's true for the majority of people everywhere.

If you chop incomes in half, for example, Europe's various aging welfare states would quickly implode due to lack of tax revenue. Every advanced welfare state is built on tax revenue continuing to pour in. Many of the affluent nations in Europe are already struggling with demographics v tax revenue v welfare state needs, a rapid drop in income and it'd all go down quickly.

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