Contents contributed and discussions participated by Steve Bosserman
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Are We Headed For 'Automated Luxury Communism'? - 0 views
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This is the theory of ‘Fully Automated Luxury Communism’, an idea and ideology that in the (near) future, machines could provide for all our basic needs, and humans would be required to do very minimal work — perhaps as little as 10–12 hours a week — on quality control and similar oversight, to ensure luxury for everyone.
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The trick, however, is subordinating the technology to global human needs rather than profits.
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Putting modern technology to work for the people is an excellent goal, and democratizing the advantages of our advances is already happening. It is a worthy cause to bring governments and nonprofit organizations onto the same technological footing as for-profit companies could result in huge strides towards improving living conditions, decreasing crime, ending poverty and other problems.