and while a more rational way might be to simply pay the unemployed glassmakers social security benefits and retrain them, that solution seems to strike those better off as unfair
That's the attitude that has to change. It definitely IS more rational to have someone's time being freed and being paid, rather than doing pointless work (i.e. digging and refilling a ditch ad infinitum) and being paid. The real workers and the rich shouldn't have to worry because a scheme like a Basic unconditional income (or even social security) won't suddenly put the 'leechers' on a par with them.
On the other hand, the time saved by the 'leechers' will give them opportunity to improve and educate themselves. This can't be achieved if they're digging and refilling a ditch pointlessly.
Switching to a new currency maybe has its own issues (though I do think it would be ultimately a good thing). But that's kinda separate from the other things I mentioned which really do waste time compared to a digital economy with full automation.
Did you ever watch Fraggle Rock? In it, there were these characters called the 'Doozers' which lived to just work. They created (edible) 'buildings' just so that the fraggles would tear them and eat their handiwork. Kinda comical really. Anyway, I agree, free time is definitely undervalued. Even some or all of the mostly highly respected jobs will be automated eventually.
I can't see any real problems of even second-hand items or candy bars being recorded. What would the worst case scenario be? I'm sure Facebook et al. are 100x worse, and even that's not incredibly inconveniencing the world.
I was referring to the Broken window fallacy, which could completely remove unemployment, if vandals decided to cooperate. The amount of time and effort wasted with banks and their red tape is pretty similar to that.
And put a lot of people out of a job, don't forget that.
Only in the same way that the number of professional glass makers would be reduced if vandals stopped breaking windows.
Every time you make a system too efficient, you reduce the number of workers but with economies it's important to have as many people working as possible.
I disagree. We need to keep or gain productivity, sure. But that's what counts, not the number of workers doing said work. And no, I'm not some hardcore capitalist, as I think a basic income for everyone would be a good idea (unconditional money on top of any regular work income). Even the rich are happier when the poor have a relatively decent standard of living.
If people can't be trusted to pay tax, then we could still have something like Bitcoin, automated, online, but officially recorded as well. In a way, I prefer recording the transaction for security purposes (to prove I've paid), but it's quite an involved subject, and I'm sure there are pros and cons.
I see banks, and their multiple saving schemes, and different types of credit/debit card, and cheque books, and different types of notes, and tedious forms to fill in, and different currencies with all the complicated mess that entails when converting, and I think how nice it would be to scrap it all and start again from scratch, done properly, with almost total automation, and no UWS (Unnecessary Work Syndrome).
That would save billions or trillions of dollars per year probably.
I think you may be talking about Lithium Air with the 10x thing. Those are more meant for cars than general purpose I think as they need a constant influx of air. I'm only 65% sure of that that though, so maybe someone can confirm.
A survey only has to be a single question. Heck, it could be automated, where people vote on a website (registering first, so to avoid false double votes).
A few seconds of someone's time for the amazing potential it could give is a no-brainer.
Why don't we base a country's prosperity on some kind of 'happiness index' (long-term), rather than things like GDP, unemployment rate, or life expectancy?
Whatever you want to call it - 'happiness', 'wellbeing', or 'contentment', I would think this metric takes into account GDP, unemployment rate, health, and many more. It's what we all ultimately need after all, so why do we never seem to bother with it? Even if a 'level of happiness' is a scientifically vague concept, we could at least make a rough attempt to measure it (ask for a rating out of 10 would be a start).
Usually, I'm all for efficiency, and think it's a good thing when everybody isn't in on the game, as it wastes time for all of us on the average. If Amazon eat up all the smaller outlets (including in meatspace), and only two or three car manufacturers remain in the world, I would see that as progress, as it streamlines production, without unnecessary duplication (often by those who would be less efficient anyway).
However, I do agree with you that I think at least TWO companies are required for any particular product, maybe three, and would be sad to see AMD go.
Exactly, I've been campaigning for cars to be charged via USB so I can charge my car from my laptop. They're so ubiquitous now that it's a waste to have yet another standard. BUT NO, now we get J1772 on top of USB, firewire, HDMI, and the thousand of other standards out there.
Try looking at the motive, rather than the 'damage done' (which is virtually none anyway, apart from embarrassment maybe). Motive is what counts if we are going to punish or lock up people.
Since my brother had a severe nervous breakdown (lack of sleep), 'God' revealed himself to him too. Except it wasn't a single god, but two of them which he calls 'ma' and 'pa'. He's otherwise sane now, but he firmly believes in them. He's an ace person, but as blind as you are in this respect.
I don't know why 'they' don't use GA more to create incredibly hard materials or discover a super conductor. Yes, they'd have to formulate a system to tabulate the elements and the properties of how it's treated. But once the fitness function is sorted, and a degree of parallelism is in place (to test 100s or even 1000s of test material chunks at a time), we're onto a winner.
Maybe this is happening, but I've never heard of it.
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and while a more rational way might be to simply pay the unemployed glassmakers social security benefits and retrain them, that solution seems to strike those better off as unfair
That's the attitude that has to change. It definitely IS more rational to have someone's time being freed and being paid, rather than doing pointless work (i.e. digging and refilling a ditch ad infinitum) and being paid. The real workers and the rich shouldn't have to worry because a scheme like a Basic unconditional income (or even social security) won't suddenly put the 'leechers' on a par with them.
On the other hand, the time saved by the 'leechers' will give them opportunity to improve and educate themselves. This can't be achieved if they're digging and refilling a ditch pointlessly.
Switching to a new currency maybe has its own issues (though I do think it would be ultimately a good thing). But that's kinda separate from the other things I mentioned which really do waste time compared to a digital economy with full automation.
No I agree with you. You misunderstood me.
Did you ever watch Fraggle Rock? In it, there were these characters called the 'Doozers' which lived to just work. They created (edible) 'buildings' just so that the fraggles would tear them and eat their handiwork. Kinda comical really. Anyway, I agree, free time is definitely undervalued. Even some or all of the mostly highly respected jobs will be automated eventually.
Yes, or for free time, and enjoying life generally.
I can't see any real problems of even second-hand items or candy bars being recorded. What would the worst case scenario be? I'm sure Facebook et al. are 100x worse, and even that's not incredibly inconveniencing the world.
I was referring to the Broken window fallacy, which could completely remove unemployment, if vandals decided to cooperate. The amount of time and effort wasted with banks and their red tape is pretty similar to that.
And put a lot of people out of a job, don't forget that.
Only in the same way that the number of professional glass makers would be reduced if vandals stopped breaking windows.
Every time you make a system too efficient, you reduce the number of workers but with economies it's important to have as many people working as possible.
I disagree. We need to keep or gain productivity, sure. But that's what counts, not the number of workers doing said work. And no, I'm not some hardcore capitalist, as I think a basic income for everyone would be a good idea (unconditional money on top of any regular work income). Even the rich are happier when the poor have a relatively decent standard of living.
If people can't be trusted to pay tax, then we could still have something like Bitcoin, automated, online, but officially recorded as well. In a way, I prefer recording the transaction for security purposes (to prove I've paid), but it's quite an involved subject, and I'm sure there are pros and cons.
I see banks, and their multiple saving schemes, and different types of credit/debit card, and cheque books, and different types of notes, and tedious forms to fill in, and different currencies with all the complicated mess that entails when converting, and I think how nice it would be to scrap it all and start again from scratch, done properly, with almost total automation, and no UWS (Unnecessary Work Syndrome).
That would save billions or trillions of dollars per year probably.
I love the way we're talking about car power in kW rather than horsepower, at last.
I think you may be talking about Lithium Air with the 10x thing. Those are more meant for cars than general purpose I think as they need a constant influx of air. I'm only 65% sure of that that though, so maybe someone can confirm.
A survey only has to be a single question. Heck, it could be automated, where people vote on a website (registering first, so to avoid false double votes). A few seconds of someone's time for the amazing potential it could give is a no-brainer.
Why don't we base a country's prosperity on some kind of 'happiness index' (long-term), rather than things like GDP, unemployment rate, or life expectancy?
Whatever you want to call it - 'happiness', 'wellbeing', or 'contentment', I would think this metric takes into account GDP, unemployment rate, health, and many more. It's what we all ultimately need after all, so why do we never seem to bother with it? Even if a 'level of happiness' is a scientifically vague concept, we could at least make a rough attempt to measure it (ask for a rating out of 10 would be a start).
Does a forced reset (i.e. Windows crash) count as a shutdown here?
Did he apologize or anything?
Is there any other evidence that Richard himself sent that? Has he acknowledged it?
In all that time, did you ever bring any creationists/ID-ists round to the truth? If so, link us up :)
The phone industry needs an overhaul yes, but I'd say Google and Amazon which are both pretty big have benefited everyone including the public.
Usually, I'm all for efficiency, and think it's a good thing when everybody isn't in on the game, as it wastes time for all of us on the average. If Amazon eat up all the smaller outlets (including in meatspace), and only two or three car manufacturers remain in the world, I would see that as progress, as it streamlines production, without unnecessary duplication (often by those who would be less efficient anyway).
However, I do agree with you that I think at least TWO companies are required for any particular product, maybe three, and would be sad to see AMD go.
Exactly, I've been campaigning for cars to be charged via USB so I can charge my car from my laptop. They're so ubiquitous now that it's a waste to have yet another standard. BUT NO, now we get J1772 on top of USB, firewire, HDMI, and the thousand of other standards out there.
Try looking at the motive, rather than the 'damage done' (which is virtually none anyway, apart from embarrassment maybe). Motive is what counts if we are going to punish or lock up people.
Since my brother had a severe nervous breakdown (lack of sleep), 'God' revealed himself to him too. Except it wasn't a single god, but two of them which he calls 'ma' and 'pa'. He's otherwise sane now, but he firmly believes in them. He's an ace person, but as blind as you are in this respect.
I don't know why 'they' don't use GA more to create incredibly hard materials or discover a super conductor. Yes, they'd have to formulate a system to tabulate the elements and the properties of how it's treated. But once the fitness function is sorted, and a degree of parallelism is in place (to test 100s or even 1000s of test material chunks at a time), we're onto a winner.
Maybe this is happening, but I've never heard of it.
Why, is the upload speed bad?