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Sergei Brin identifies technology replacing jobs as one of the greatest upcoming disruptions to society.
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Ironically he's using a technology buzzword "disruption" ;)
It's not perse bad: There's so much social work, volunteering work, we could be spending more time with people... But if it's sold as or results in "no work, no money, no dignity" then we won't be better off :/
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I suspect that textile workers during the Industrial Revolution would be happy to point out to Mr. Brin that this isn't really a new phenomenon.
JWestland
Brommers
In theory technology could replace dumb work, leaving us all to do fun work/offer a basic income or food or whatever...
The problem is that the technology may end up in the hand of a select few that aren't interested in that model of society as they have shareholders to report to.