Yeah, because perhaps because they don't want to share a 1 bedroom apartment with 20 other males and would instead like to have a family and a decent standard of living. We cannot win in a race to the bottom. Nobody wins that, not even the damnable H1-B workers that are taking those underpaying jobs. They are destroying the very thing they came here for.
Cool. Sometimes I ramble, my post may not have been very clear. I'm definitely disappointed that the EU ruled that glyphosates were safe. I'm guessing lots of bribes were distributed to get the EU to come to that conclusion. I also was hoping they would hold the line on food safety so there would be an escape hatch for us 'muricans. I'm frankly quite surprised that France went along with this travesty, my view was that they tend to care about food quality.
Women on your computer screen aren't real. Get over your porn fantasies. A real woman ain't going to go down on you the first time you meet because, you know, you delivered pizza to her house and her husband was on a two day business trip.
Some people are hung up on glyphosates. I myself am of the opinion that it is the swapping in our collective diet of the proportions of calories from fat and carbohydrates. We used to eat a much more high fat diet before the government got involved in the 70's and hypnotized us all into eating a high carb diet. Unfortunately, this is also muddled with the high and pervasive use of glyphosates in both grains eaten by humans and those used in feedstock. So either way those who can't afford to protect themselves eat super-high amounts of carbohydrates and glyphosates. There are also the GMO's, no long-term studies have ever been performed on their impacts on the human body, in fact no studies of any consequence at all were performed. So, you might think it's unscientific to hate on the GMOs but I think it's unscientific to just take a corporation's word and believe that they are safe. These corporations have a strong vested interest in getting their products approved and couldn't give two shits about the health of the consumers of their "product".
MooseMolester, I have no idea what the big "D" is, I probably couldn't give two shits about it either.
The real answer is that our psychopathic corporations which you clearly worship are a creation of the government which you so loathe. Corporations in Germany for example, have a heart and soul built into them, by constitutional law they have to have an advisory board made up of 50% rank and file employees. Amusingly ours and the Russian's generals gave them that constitution after WWII, that law accounts for a tremendous amount of why they are an industrial power. So, there's one more thing you can blame on the government, they gave us evil corporations.
No offense but to me you now sound old and foolish and brainwashed by Faux news. You probably think *president drumpf is doing a fantastic job and is being unfairly persecuted by the evil media. There is no fool like an old fool.
You are so funny. The difference between me and corporations is that they control governments/regulations/laws and have the power to do extensive harm to people directly and the environment by their greedy decision making. Way to find false equivalencies though. It didn't work for *president drumpf and it doesn't work for you.
Rather than holographic projectors I was thinking more along the lines of augmented reality glasses. Like if you look through your glasses you see the "bonus" stuff that only exists in the digital world. Like a limited edition copy of an original mural by Diego Rivera, only shows up through the glasses, wherever you've placed it. When friends come over, they share your insanity by logging into your augmentations... Ancient vases, fancy clothing made of rhinoceros hide, etc. All only existing in the digital world. Heck, you could make yourself much more attractive (or scary) even, digitally. Fun!
I agree, the future is hard to predict though. I definitely see the disappearance of many jobs within the next 50 years. Definitely still within my lifetime, I hope.
So, in 200 years, there was a net loss of 147 jobs in that farm alone. You're totally right, mechanization and automation will always cost jobs and concentrate wealth at the "top".
Sure, but your most lucrative customers will have lost their jobs and will find it cheaper to fix their own bikes with their now almost infinite "leisure" time. Thus you now have very little value (or work) since almost anyone can learn to do your job with a good book and some youtube videos.
Going back a bit would probably be nice. However, what would be better would be wealth redistribution, resulting in a prosperous post-scarcity society for all natural humans. The best option is a very generous UBI with a few well-paying jobs for the truly gifted/motivated for whatever jobs those jobs are. Maybe plumbers and electricians?
Well, since I'm good at that, guess I've got nothing to worry about and will be well-fed during the coming automation apocalypse. To fix the wealth distribution problem, I suggest we start with consuming (literally) the most evil people at the highest ranks of wealth, let's not stop till the wealth distribution is good enough that most people aren't worried about me butchering them. Regards,
Hannibal Lecter M.D.
Maybe holographic projectors will cause us not to care what anything we can't touch really looks like. Unlikely, but it's "one of the things that are under development". I doubt that VR would be able to get THAT extreme, but it could happen...given the proper changes in social custom.
Its funny you should postulate that. My kids used to play Club Penguin and they really liked decorating the walls of their "house" with knick-knacks and such. Why not the same thing in 'real life'?
You undervalue your potential competition at your own peril. They are smart, determined, focused, and tougher than you think. They could have gone into carpentry but chose not to. They may be damn good at it, scary damn good.
No, they were happy. Now they're a little perturbed that their ACA (that's the same as Obamacare?! Oh, snap!) is being destroyed by the bigly oopma loompa.
They don't "have" to do something with the wealth. Mostly they hoard. They also create jobs in the cheapest locations, with the least environmental regulations, human protections, etc. In short, they externalize their costs to maximize their profits and sell at the highest possible prices. IOW, they extract wealth from wherever possible, enslave workers in poor countries and depress wages in their target markets.
I find it hilarious that the "conservatives" on this forum are all AC. Probably because they are russian bots.
Right now it's still cheaper and faster to remove material than build it up. Faster even to make a mold and then make pieces at rates of thousands per hour or day. No way that 3D printing is going to catch up with that, ever. Definitely good for custom parts though, like a replacement handle for your 1980's boombox.
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Yeah, because perhaps because they don't want to share a 1 bedroom apartment with 20 other males and would instead like to have a family and a decent standard of living. We cannot win in a race to the bottom. Nobody wins that, not even the damnable H1-B workers that are taking those underpaying jobs. They are destroying the very thing they came here for.
True, all of it.
Cool. Sometimes I ramble, my post may not have been very clear. I'm definitely disappointed that the EU ruled that glyphosates were safe. I'm guessing lots of bribes were distributed to get the EU to come to that conclusion. I also was hoping they would hold the line on food safety so there would be an escape hatch for us 'muricans. I'm frankly quite surprised that France went along with this travesty, my view was that they tend to care about food quality.
Women on your computer screen aren't real. Get over your porn fantasies. A real woman ain't going to go down on you the first time you meet because, you know, you delivered pizza to her house and her husband was on a two day business trip.
I definitely did mean glyphosates. Look it up, people are concerned and their concerns seem valid.
Because the fittest, best looking women will be at higher risk of cancer? You really don't think very much, do you?
Some people are hung up on glyphosates. I myself am of the opinion that it is the swapping in our collective diet of the proportions of calories from fat and carbohydrates. We used to eat a much more high fat diet before the government got involved in the 70's and hypnotized us all into eating a high carb diet. Unfortunately, this is also muddled with the high and pervasive use of glyphosates in both grains eaten by humans and those used in feedstock. So either way those who can't afford to protect themselves eat super-high amounts of carbohydrates and glyphosates. There are also the GMO's, no long-term studies have ever been performed on their impacts on the human body, in fact no studies of any consequence at all were performed. So, you might think it's unscientific to hate on the GMOs but I think it's unscientific to just take a corporation's word and believe that they are safe. These corporations have a strong vested interest in getting their products approved and couldn't give two shits about the health of the consumers of their "product".
Ideas are easy. The hard work is implementing them.
MooseMolester, I have no idea what the big "D" is, I probably couldn't give two shits about it either.
The real answer is that our psychopathic corporations which you clearly worship are a creation of the government which you so loathe. Corporations in Germany for example, have a heart and soul built into them, by constitutional law they have to have an advisory board made up of 50% rank and file employees. Amusingly ours and the Russian's generals gave them that constitution after WWII, that law accounts for a tremendous amount of why they are an industrial power. So, there's one more thing you can blame on the government, they gave us evil corporations.
No offense but to me you now sound old and foolish and brainwashed by Faux news. You probably think *president drumpf is doing a fantastic job and is being unfairly persecuted by the evil media. There is no fool like an old fool.
Like I said. For very special custom stuff, yes additive manufacturing. For mass production, it won't become mainstream probably ever.
You are so funny. The difference between me and corporations is that they control governments/regulations/laws and have the power to do extensive harm to people directly and the environment by their greedy decision making. Way to find false equivalencies though. It didn't work for *president drumpf and it doesn't work for you.
Then you tried for the backhand insult. *sigh*
You mean something more like the danger room or that fancy room in star trek that can be anything... Yeah, that'll take a while.
Rather than holographic projectors I was thinking more along the lines of augmented reality glasses. Like if you look through your glasses you see the "bonus" stuff that only exists in the digital world. Like a limited edition copy of an original mural by Diego Rivera, only shows up through the glasses, wherever you've placed it. When friends come over, they share your insanity by logging into your augmentations... Ancient vases, fancy clothing made of rhinoceros hide, etc. All only existing in the digital world. Heck, you could make yourself much more attractive (or scary) even, digitally. Fun!
I agree, the future is hard to predict though. I definitely see the disappearance of many jobs within the next 50 years. Definitely still within my lifetime, I hope.
So, in 200 years, there was a net loss of 147 jobs in that farm alone. You're totally right, mechanization and automation will always cost jobs and concentrate wealth at the "top".
Sure, but your most lucrative customers will have lost their jobs and will find it cheaper to fix their own bikes with their now almost infinite "leisure" time. Thus you now have very little value (or work) since almost anyone can learn to do your job with a good book and some youtube videos.
This actually sounds like a workable plan. Get his supporters behind it and you might get some traction.
Going back a bit would probably be nice. However, what would be better would be wealth redistribution, resulting in a prosperous post-scarcity society for all natural humans. The best option is a very generous UBI with a few well-paying jobs for the truly gifted/motivated for whatever jobs those jobs are. Maybe plumbers and electricians?
Well, since I'm good at that, guess I've got nothing to worry about and will be well-fed during the coming automation apocalypse. To fix the wealth distribution problem, I suggest we start with consuming (literally) the most evil people at the highest ranks of wealth, let's not stop till the wealth distribution is good enough that most people aren't worried about me butchering them.
Regards,
Hannibal Lecter M.D.
I too agree, these are both great points parent and gp
Maybe holographic projectors will cause us not to care what anything we can't touch really looks like. Unlikely, but it's "one of the things that are under development". I doubt that VR would be able to get THAT extreme, but it could happen...given the proper changes in social custom.
Its funny you should postulate that. My kids used to play Club Penguin and they really liked decorating the walls of their "house" with knick-knacks and such. Why not the same thing in 'real life'?
You undervalue your potential competition at your own peril. They are smart, determined, focused, and tougher than you think. They could have gone into carpentry but chose not to. They may be damn good at it, scary damn good.
No, they were happy. Now they're a little perturbed that their ACA (that's the same as Obamacare?! Oh, snap!) is being destroyed by the bigly oopma loompa.
They don't "have" to do something with the wealth. Mostly they hoard. They also create jobs in the cheapest locations, with the least environmental regulations, human protections, etc. In short, they externalize their costs to maximize their profits and sell at the highest possible prices. IOW, they extract wealth from wherever possible, enslave workers in poor countries and depress wages in their target markets.
I find it hilarious that the "conservatives" on this forum are all AC. Probably because they are russian bots.
Yes, CNC bots, great for medium sized runs and fast runs of robust parts.
Right now it's still cheaper and faster to remove material than build it up. Faster even to make a mold and then make pieces at rates of thousands per hour or day. No way that 3D printing is going to catch up with that, ever. Definitely good for custom parts though, like a replacement handle for your 1980's boombox.