E, the robots won't be repaired. They will be discarded like everything else
in the current society, and replaced by a new upgraded robot.
Of course people like to repair things -- see Player Piano for the
Reecs and the Recs -- and used to do it for neighbors. And will again, when
they have time for it. While living on a handsome income while only checking
in on the "the job" upon occasion.
I agree, of course, that what people get to live on is a political
question. What's the best way to put that political question on the table? I
think it is a fight over shorter hours.
Gene
On Apr 24, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Eubulides <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
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>> From: [email protected]
>
>> So I conclude that jobs are doomed. It is only a matter of time, hopefully
>> months, not years, before academic economists are treated the same as the
>> cows and the text books turned into cheese.
>>
>
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>
> Oh, lordy. While robots may milk cows, we are a long way from robots
> repairing and maintaining robots. Those repair jobs may pay lousy wages but
> that's a political issue that, as the keg party around Piketty makes clear,
> is utterly up for grabs.
>
> Joan Robinson is still right; the only reason to study economics is to avoid
> being fooled by the economists.
>
> E.
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