shrugs

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[–] shrugs 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Don't leave us hanging. what was your job before and after?

[–] shrugs 5 points 5 months ago

“We’ve once again put these struggles on the back of landlords,” Barger said.

Oh no... anyway...

[–] shrugs 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Innovatin is good if it results in clean water, meds, housing, safe food and goods and services.

It's bad if it means: the most profit for useless shit that people only buy because advertisment made them believe they need it.

Capitalism is a tool. Please let's grow a pair and stop letting it decide how it will be used. It's like pulling the trigger on an ak47 without holding it tight. Do we expect the weapon to know where to shot?

Capitalism is a tool that wants to maximize its profits. Unfortunately it discovered that changing the politics and laws is an easy way to do that, even if it's bad for the people.

Capitalism is per definition not bound to ethics or moral. We need to set rules, even if big corporations made us to believe we shouldn't.

[–] shrugs 1 points 5 months ago (4 children)

This is a big problem nowadays. Looking a bit into the future these incentives might be the reason that electricity will be available for almost free.

In the short run, this looks bad: 90% of the energy is consumed by tech. In the long run the technological advancements this creates might be the reason we solve energy problems much quicker and without killing mother earth in the long run. But who knows, we can all just watch in awe and hope for the best.

[–] shrugs 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

Is nobody concerned about this:

Behind the wall, an army of robots, also powered by new Nvidia robotics processors, will assemble your food, no humans needed. We've already seen the introduction of these kinds of 'labor-saving' technologies in the form of self-checkout counters, food ordering kiosks, and other similar human-replacements in service industries, so there's no reason to think that this trend won't continue with AI.

not being seen as the paradise? It's like the enterprise crew is concerned about replicators because people will lose their jobs.

This is madness, to be honest, this is what humankind ultimately should evolve into. No stupid labour for anyone. But the truth is: capitalism will take care of that, it will make sure, that not everyone is free but that a small percentage is more free and the rest is fucked.There lies the problem not in being able to make human labour obsolete.

[–] shrugs 2 points 6 months ago

same for me. no noticeable difference

[–] shrugs 63 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What?! You are remembering that story wrong. She was a dolphin trainer or some scientist and jerked of the dolphin because she thought the dolphin was depressed and lonely.

Edit: Found the source https://allthatsinteresting.com/margaret-howe-lovatt

[–] shrugs 26 points 6 months ago (4 children)

At least in germany, nobody cares. We are using WhatsApp over here most of the time

[–] shrugs 0 points 6 months ago

Capitalism is a tool. Without it, we wouldn't have cars, smartphones and so much more.

The problem is that we started to let the tool decide what is important. And since for them profit is more important then people, we are fucked.

Is a hammer generally bad because it can crush your fingers?

[–] shrugs 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They are a company with zero morals and the goal to maximize profits. That's what capitalism is for and were it's good at.

The government needs to create rules and laws to make sure that this profit maximizing doesn't happen on the back of ordinary people, but since corporate america is allowed to control the government through money, this doesn't happen.

Capitalism is a tool, can we please start to use it like that again?!

[–] shrugs 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So you are saying people like the dalai lama are chewed up losers?

I always find it interesting to which length people go to not accept simple logic if it would hurt their feelings.

[–] shrugs 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I hope this made it more enjoyable to read. English is not my first language

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