@MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Post #1230285
2026-04-08 12:41 UTC
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@Serinus@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 13:30
Automated by who? We do need incentives to work. As technology and efficiency advances we should be able to work *less*, but we still need people to do work they/we don't want to do. Personally I think people are pretty happy working 24 hours a week even if their job isn't something they love doing. I'm more interested in working towards that, slowly, over time, than just going to "nobody needs to work".
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@realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2026-04-08 15:34
> Like, half of the jobs you listed would be automated out pretty quick in a world without money If that was even remotely possible, companies would've done that already. Every company tries to cut staff as much as possible. > pretty sure we can find something better for batteries than lithium Which requires research, which requires investment. Much of the research we currently have only exists exactly because of funding, and a lot of funding is done by companies, not by the government. > What’s left can be rotated out or done by lottery, and those doing the undesirable labor get to have more luxury items or whatever I like the "whatever". Let's just introduce a shitty system that also potentially forces people to do work they don't want to do and they get like a bar of soap or "whatever" as reward.. > It’s not hard to imagine, people have been doing it for centuries. I don't know where these people lived that you talk about, but it certainly wasn't on this planet. Such a system has never existed.
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@blarghly@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 16:23
> pretty sure we can find something better for batteries than lithium Trust me, bro > would you need someone scanning groceries if there was no money? Because this is the most efficient way of keeping track of how many goods leave your moneyless store, and ensuring assholes aren't just taking everything for themselves and hoarding it. Tracking how many goods leave the store at any given time allows you to order an appropriate amount to keep things in stock so that people who need things don't go without, and is especially important for perishable goods like fresh produce. > What’s left can be rotated out or done by lottery, People have different skill sets and specialties. Many jobs take years of training and practice to reach an acceptable level. Also, you just invented state-sanctioned slavery/a non-military draft. What do you do with someone who refuses to perform their lottery-assigned job? > and those doing the undesirable labor get to have more luxury items or whatever. That's literally the system we have now, but more authoritarian, since someone has to decide what is a "luxury good" and how much undesirable work is required to attain a given level of luxury. > people have been doing it for centuries. Citation needed. Concerns: authoritarianism; scaling; maintenance of the modern standard of living
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@Velypso@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-08 12:52
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