Punching a punching bag is violent too, by that logic. Does that mean that we should ban boxing because someone might go crazy and beat people to death in the streets?
So what good is in such demand that it is singlehandedly keeping everyone in Poland employed? What good has gone so out of style that Spain and Greece have such high unemployment rates.
Thinking small is sometimes good, but in this case, we are talking about big things, and you need to think of the big picture. take two countries with similar backgrounds, but wildly dissimilar current circumstances and spot the difference.
What is capital made from? Energy and labor. Energy is obtained through labor (mining for coal, uranium, etc). If labor is free, then capital is free. This is why there is no poverty in the world of Star Trek. With any good available at anyone's fingertips for free, how could anyone want for material things? A fully robotic workforce is just a larger version of a molecular replicator. There may be some goods that are so expensive that they still cost money, but basic things won't. You can see this on the internet, where some few sites cost money, but the vast majority are free.
But seriously, there are a lot more causes for unemployment than just "advanced technology". If it was technology, then unemployment would increase evenly everywhere it was adopted. This is not happening. Spain does not have the same unemployment rate as Poland, despite similar levels of technology and economic development.
I see you aren't thinking about marginal costs. Sort of typical for those who decry capitalism.
When employment drops to zero while goods and services remain static or increase, the price of those goods and services also drop to zero. This is why almost everything on the Internet is free. If robotics do for physical reality what the internet has done for the mind, the future is bright indeed.
Consider the fact that your government confiscates ever greater amounts of your pay and savings via inflation. There is a reason that real income peaked while hours worked per family bottomed in 1971.
The sad truth is that you are competing for scarce goods with money that has been stolen from you and given to mostly non-productive workers (think bankers, politicians, and their cronies).
Uhh, reality is that the Koch brothers are outspent by vast sums on global warming research by the Federal government. Sorry if reality doesn't jive with your stated beliefs.
It has nothing to do with it. You can't claim AGW or not AGW based on anecdotal evidence. Looking at the weather in some podunk town over the last twenty years doesn't cut it.
You SAY that, but humidity levels around cities are much, MUCH higher than they are elsewhere, and our cities continue to expand all over the place. Whence cometh heat islands?
Continuous, increasing output of water vapor can and will increase atmospheric heat retention. You, and your moderators, don't seem to understand that humidity is an EQUILIBRIUM, and as with any equilibrium, it can be forced one way or another. If the force is removed, then sure, it will rapidly return to its previous state. Well, when is the last time we stopped having paved over cities or emitting water vapor from all forms of combustion? NEVER. It is EXACTLY THE SAME as what AGW claim for CO2, except at a shorter time scale, and several orders of magnitude higher effect.
Just because you haven't heard anyone talking about it, you dismiss it out of hand. It's almost as if you have an anti-CO2 agenda.
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Punching a punching bag is violent too, by that logic. Does that mean that we should ban boxing because someone might go crazy and beat people to death in the streets?
She did. He went off because he was/thought he was about to be committed.
Putting in perspective is not allowed. There are agendas to push here!
Don't forget comics and rock and roll! Evil stuff. EVIL.
Yes, they kill themselves rather than facing our justice system. Unlike certain Nordic mass murderers.
Move to Iraq, anon.
Not unless it had four times the mass AND the same diameter (ie it was 4x as dense). 4X larger and less dense would make it similar to Earth gravity.
Eh? Not necessarily. If it is less dense, it wouldn't be all that different.
By who, exactly? Hippies and Death worshippers? Fuck those guys.
Second the last thought. I was getting my spacesuit on until I came to the same conclusion.
We'll have to see how the ion drives do.
Of course, the last refuge of the cornered socialist is peak oil. Why did I ever expect you to listen to or understand reason?
So what good is in such demand that it is singlehandedly keeping everyone in Poland employed? What good has gone so out of style that Spain and Greece have such high unemployment rates.
Thinking small is sometimes good, but in this case, we are talking about big things, and you need to think of the big picture. take two countries with similar backgrounds, but wildly dissimilar current circumstances and spot the difference.
What is capital made from? Energy and labor. Energy is obtained through labor (mining for coal, uranium, etc). If labor is free, then capital is free. This is why there is no poverty in the world of Star Trek. With any good available at anyone's fingertips for free, how could anyone want for material things? A fully robotic workforce is just a larger version of a molecular replicator. There may be some goods that are so expensive that they still cost money, but basic things won't. You can see this on the internet, where some few sites cost money, but the vast majority are free.
Right, sort of like how the internet is starving of free content. I, personally, am paying ten dollars to post this comment.
All corporate theft is enabled by the government, as corporations are implicit creations of governments, and are given special privileges by them.
If that were the case, then counterfeiting should be legal, as it hurts no-one.
So anonymous thinks he can do the same thing as those guys and get a different result. This is the insanity of central bankers.
You are clueless ;)
But seriously, there are a lot more causes for unemployment than just "advanced technology". If it was technology, then unemployment would increase evenly everywhere it was adopted. This is not happening. Spain does not have the same unemployment rate as Poland, despite similar levels of technology and economic development.
I see you aren't thinking about marginal costs. Sort of typical for those who decry capitalism.
When employment drops to zero while goods and services remain static or increase, the price of those goods and services also drop to zero. This is why almost everything on the Internet is free. If robotics do for physical reality what the internet has done for the mind, the future is bright indeed.
Consider the fact that your government confiscates ever greater amounts of your pay and savings via inflation. There is a reason that real income peaked while hours worked per family bottomed in 1971.
The sad truth is that you are competing for scarce goods with money that has been stolen from you and given to mostly non-productive workers (think bankers, politicians, and their cronies).
Lots of children's toys in the Smithsonian, you anonymous moron.
Right, so you are able to equally explain any and all sets of circumstances with your theory. What does that say about your theory?
Uhh, reality is that the Koch brothers are outspent by vast sums on global warming research by the Federal government. Sorry if reality doesn't jive with your stated beliefs.
It has nothing to do with it. You can't claim AGW or not AGW based on anecdotal evidence. Looking at the weather in some podunk town over the last twenty years doesn't cut it.
You SAY that, but humidity levels around cities are much, MUCH higher than they are elsewhere, and our cities continue to expand all over the place. Whence cometh heat islands?
Continuous, increasing output of water vapor can and will increase atmospheric heat retention. You, and your moderators, don't seem to understand that humidity is an EQUILIBRIUM, and as with any equilibrium, it can be forced one way or another. If the force is removed, then sure, it will rapidly return to its previous state. Well, when is the last time we stopped having paved over cities or emitting water vapor from all forms of combustion? NEVER. It is EXACTLY THE SAME as what AGW claim for CO2, except at a shorter time scale, and several orders of magnitude higher effect.
Just because you haven't heard anyone talking about it, you dismiss it out of hand. It's almost as if you have an anti-CO2 agenda.