1) is mainly due to fraud at present. We live in a technological plenty, but we artificially limit things like the growth of wheat to meet demand at a specific price- this is capitalism.
2) No. Read The Dilbert Principle if you want to know why. If we had such technology, we'd be far more likely to just stay home and make our own paradise.
Not to mention the fact that gravity wells make the resources at the bottom of them expensive- when most of the same resources are *equally available* in microgravity situations. If I had the technology to make giant space ships and mine other planets, why the hell wouldn't I just grind up an asteroid belt for the ore?
That's what T-Mobile recently changed. You are now charged only $20/month for 24 months for the phone. If it is still useful to you after that- the $20/month goes away.
They want to breed a master race that will kill off the excess population. Not quite as nice. The Malthusian bit refers to Malthus's overpopulation calculations, which are currently off by a billion people or so.
Bankers are something we could now easily replace with robots entirely and be much better off. The Credit Union I belong to is working hard on the research for this, to the point that when my charity needed a physical check for a photo op, I had to get it myself because the treasurer didn't know where the bank branch was (most checks we just billpay).
Just like it's perfectly fair to claim that Democrats are Mathusian Eugenicists, despite the large Hispanic Catholic families who don't believe in abortion, euthanasia, contraception, and homosexuality voting for them.
So create two societies: Society 1 is the urban lifestyle. Take the workweek down to 5 hours a week to employ everybody, use massive socialized life support to keep everybody in food, clothing, and shelter.
Society 2 is the rural lifestyle. Government gives you a homestead large enough to farm and feed a family, and you improve it and make food to sell to the government for society 1 or to bring in to town for the farmer's market that the rich people go to.
Let everybody choose for themselves which society they want to live in. Have laws different based on urban vs rural, because one set of laws no longer works for everybody.
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It is hard to find a possible need that would justify the expense. The only one I can think of is religion.
1) is mainly due to fraud at present. We live in a technological plenty, but we artificially limit things like the growth of wheat to meet demand at a specific price- this is capitalism.
2) No. Read The Dilbert Principle if you want to know why. If we had such technology, we'd be far more likely to just stay home and make our own paradise.
I thought people left Europe because Europe was overcrowded and full of feudalism.
Except, there likely aren't.
Not to mention the fact that gravity wells make the resources at the bottom of them expensive- when most of the same resources are *equally available* in microgravity situations. If I had the technology to make giant space ships and mine other planets, why the hell wouldn't I just grind up an asteroid belt for the ore?
That's what T-Mobile recently changed. You are now charged only $20/month for 24 months for the phone. If it is still useful to you after that- the $20/month goes away.
Grrr, missed the spellchecking error. Malthusian, not Mathusian.
Ah, you're right. I had missed my spelling error in the original- MALTHUSIAN, not MATHUSIAN.
Data != Statistics.
You mean playing as the Queen of Blades hasn't taught you to embrace your feminine side?
I've yet to meet a manager of any type that couldn't be replaced by an expert system.
They want to breed a master race that will kill off the excess population. Not quite as nice. The Malthusian bit refers to Malthus's overpopulation calculations, which are currently off by a billion people or so.
Ever hear of inflation?
It is already happening. The number of workers who have been out > 6 months in America is growing rather alarmingly.
Bankers are something we could now easily replace with robots entirely and be much better off. The Credit Union I belong to is working hard on the research for this, to the point that when my charity needed a physical check for a photo op, I had to get it myself because the treasurer didn't know where the bank branch was (most checks we just billpay).
Just like it's perfectly fair to claim that Democrats are Mathusian Eugenicists, despite the large Hispanic Catholic families who don't believe in abortion, euthanasia, contraception, and homosexuality voting for them.
So create two societies:
Society 1 is the urban lifestyle. Take the workweek down to 5 hours a week to employ everybody, use massive socialized life support to keep everybody in food, clothing, and shelter.
Society 2 is the rural lifestyle. Government gives you a homestead large enough to farm and feed a family, and you improve it and make food to sell to the government for society 1 or to bring in to town for the farmer's market that the rich people go to.
Let everybody choose for themselves which society they want to live in. Have laws different based on urban vs rural, because one set of laws no longer works for everybody.
What in the traditional method requires a head?
Read the article. This thing is a robot. What I can't figure out is why. Why would anybody spend the extra money to make this thing humaniform?
I still can't imagine hand shaved noodles requiring a head. Could cut at least 50% of the price of these robots right there.
So what? What's to stop this looking more like a Playdough Construction Set? Exactly what in cutting noodles off a big block of dough requires a head?
Why are they humaniform instead of usiform? I'll bet Cuisinart can come up with one shaped like a toaster that costs WAY less then $1,600
Most phones use cloud drives anyway. The "data" lives in some server farm someplace.
My phone seems to be able to capture video just fine. 99% of the world doesn't need to edit to upload to facebook.
With a proper docking station, you can externalize the GPU:
http://www.amazon.com/AOC-E1649FWU-USB-Powered-Portable-Monitor/dp/B005SEZR0G