I'm going to go ahead and assume you're one of those people who reads only the headlines, tends toward groupthink and wears the unearned mantle of moral superiority loudly and proudly.
No, they will claim that the hundreds of billions spent over the past 20 years have saved everyone (thanks to them). This despite the lack of warming for 2 decades while CO2 has increased.
And oddly enough, global warming is going to harm/kill/extinct only the cute, furry animals! And the icky, gross, disgusting and dangerous critters are all going to increase exponentially(!) and move right next door to your house.
"Every new tool or technology has ultimately enlarged the economy, and increased the number of jobs -- after causing temporary disruptions"
Yes, but now the new tools/technologies are being developed and implemented at a faster pace and are more profoundly disruptive and to more jobs. In the previous century, formerly "manual labor" jobs (physical work) transformed into "white collar" (mental work) jobs. Now technology is eliminating the white collar jobs. There's nowhere left to go.
However, "expert systems" are now removing the need for much human involvement in many jobs that used to require human perception, interpretation, judgement and decision-making.
A 'subsidy' to some people is the difference between what taxes a company actually pays vs. what "activists" think it should be paying. Or, they'll tack on endless "external costs" which are nebulously defined and/or of dubious nature.
True, but nowadays it's much easier for the irrationals to assemble and organize and act together (not to mention that they are much easier to be manipulated as well). They are much more powerful and effective than before because of this.
Look at the bright side: with the constant jobless recoveries, ever-increasing automation and looming Uberconomy, fewer bees will mean more jobs for humans.
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Yes, your hypothesis is also an option and one that I've considered as well. I figured I'd keep my question short and Temple could respond.
You might want to do something about your apparent oversensitivity and tendency to toss unfounded accusations at others.
Do you think that autism has actually increased over the past years or has the definition expanded to encompass other conditions/misdiagnosis?
Dulse has been sold commercially as a snack food on the east coast of US and Canada for decades.
You're thinking of Pete Townshend. Young was in CSN.
I'm going to go ahead and assume you're one of those people who reads only the headlines, tends toward groupthink and wears the unearned mantle of moral superiority loudly and proudly.
Shhhhh, don't ruin things for the alarmists and the emotionally-invested! There's money to be made here!
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No, they will claim that the hundreds of billions spent over the past 20 years have saved everyone (thanks to them). This despite the lack of warming for 2 decades while CO2 has increased.
And oddly enough, global warming is going to harm/kill/extinct only the cute, furry animals! And the icky, gross, disgusting and dangerous critters are all going to increase exponentially(!) and move right next door to your house.
Have you noticed karma reduction since posting comments like this (i.e., challenging the climate true believers' narrative)?
"Every new tool or technology has ultimately enlarged the economy, and increased the number of jobs -- after causing temporary disruptions"
Yes, but now the new tools/technologies are being developed and implemented at a faster pace and are more profoundly disruptive and to more jobs. In the previous century, formerly "manual labor" jobs (physical work) transformed into "white collar" (mental work) jobs. Now technology is eliminating the white collar jobs. There's nowhere left to go.
Exactly.
..."robots will increase profits for people who already have all the fucking money".
Who will buy the more productively-made products that the robots make? Rich people in other countries?
However, "expert systems" are now removing the need for much human involvement in many jobs that used to require human perception, interpretation, judgement and decision-making.
A 'subsidy' to some people is the difference between what taxes a company actually pays vs. what "activists" think it should be paying. Or, they'll tack on endless "external costs" which are nebulously defined and/or of dubious nature.
Are you coding for a company that would otherwise be paying someone else a wage?
True, but nowadays it's much easier for the irrationals to assemble and organize and act together (not to mention that they are much easier to be manipulated as well). They are much more powerful and effective than before because of this.
"rational people"
Now there's a depleted natural resource!
Amusing. Many tasks which once required thinking have been automated, thus eliminating jobs.
"Oh," you'll say, "those people will just have to find other jobs, perhaps writing software or maintaining the system which has been automated."
"Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it."
[Irony: Slashdot quote was "There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about." -- John von Neumann]
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Society has never before had devices that replace that one unique ability of humans, thinking. Now we do.
And it's not that there won't be adaptation to change, it's that the rate of change will be too fast and is going to cause many big problems.
Well then, we're headed for a catastrophe given the amount of human-replacing automation that's just over the horizon.
It's all about the headlines, soundbites, brainworms and reinforcing the narrative, comrade.
Look at the bright side: with the constant jobless recoveries, ever-increasing automation and looming Uberconomy, fewer bees will mean more jobs for humans.
Expect the fearmongering and propaganda and hype to escalate until December in Paris.