This thread reminds me of my communist youth (In the USSR and In Poland): http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html We believed that in the next economic system, Communism, people will be receiving goods "according to their needs, not according to their work.
Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia) ======================================== On Feb 16, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > a.ashfield <a.ashfi...@verizon.net> wrote: > > What I don't see is any agreement of how to handle the inevitable rise in > unemployed. The group-think politician's answer still appears to be "more > education". > > Yes. Education is a good thing, and I guess it can help with this problem, > but it cannot solve it. Lately, several smart people have shown that robots > and computers are likely to replace many jobs that call for high educational > attainment. Automation used to reduce manual labor only. Then it eroded > clerical jobs and cashiers. Now is likely to reduce labor across the board. > > This is either a problem or an opportunity, depending on how you look at it, > and how society chooses to respond. > > - Jed >
