I was always told only the government can go to space and explore for humanity? You mean a private company is doing it?
> But the argument is it benefits the poorer more than it hurts the rich. This is a really hard point to prove. > A society should search to maximize utility. "Society" doesn't do anything. There is no hivemind. We are…
> basic needs Depends on what you consider basic needs doesn't it? If humans only consumed their basic needs than I agree, we should be scared of automation. The thing is as we become more prosperous, our basic needs…
> horses CGPGrey rears his ugly head! > Yeah, the labor pool moved to the service / cognitive jobs. I'm sure you are right but I would argue that trying to quantify cognitive jobs is foolhardy and I am not convinced in…
The unemployment rate would be closer to 50% if everyone that "should" be unemployed now were. We can argue about the recovery and other economic problems, I'm simply saying automation isn't a source for unemployment,…
> And UBI advocates generally say it benefits everyone. It benefits the poorer at the expense of the rich. >In fact, that's why they prefer it over other government programs! I would support the UBI as a replacement for…
Emotional argument not found reality.
The UBI and this article are terrible. First of all, it's expensive. Guaranteeing every American a certain sum of money will cost a ridiculous amount. Second, it's immoral. Taking money from one person and giving it to…
The tech didn't make us dishonest. It only made it easier.
< "4-year moodswings" AKA the will of the people. It amazes me that after all the evil we have seen come out of authoritarian rule we still get people bashing democracy.
The big thing you're missing is how the separation of powers in the US prevents what you describe as a "monarchy" from ruling as a monarchy. Besides in your own comment you admit that Trump goes against this idea. We…
That was hard to read! I mean that literally, the spacing was weird.
I'm just saying the Chinese care way more about their image than Americans. So it should come as no surprise when they are more aggressive towards winning these awards. The American government has better ways to spend…
If you look at the list of winners. Many of them come from authoritarian countries. I have no doubt that the Chinese government actively aids its competitors with great incentives and probably a few questionable…
So what does it mean?
I think we are in agreement. Russia has done fairly well in spite of their past economic system and today would be far better off if they had adopted our, American, system.
I can't believe we are still debating about Communism in this day and age because it has been proven inferior in every way but... Communism is bad for innovation for two major, connected, reasons. First, there is very…
Does anyone else find it ironic that he came to America because he bought into a false promise from a liberal and then was disappointed to find that the very liberal California was depressing. Sounds like he has an…
I was always told only the government can go to space and explore for humanity? You mean a private company is doing it?
> But the argument is it benefits the poorer more than it hurts the rich. This is a really hard point to prove. > A society should search to maximize utility. "Society" doesn't do anything. There is no hivemind. We are…
> basic needs Depends on what you consider basic needs doesn't it? If humans only consumed their basic needs than I agree, we should be scared of automation. The thing is as we become more prosperous, our basic needs…
> horses CGPGrey rears his ugly head! > Yeah, the labor pool moved to the service / cognitive jobs. I'm sure you are right but I would argue that trying to quantify cognitive jobs is foolhardy and I am not convinced in…
The unemployment rate would be closer to 50% if everyone that "should" be unemployed now were. We can argue about the recovery and other economic problems, I'm simply saying automation isn't a source for unemployment,…
> And UBI advocates generally say it benefits everyone. It benefits the poorer at the expense of the rich. >In fact, that's why they prefer it over other government programs! I would support the UBI as a replacement for…
Emotional argument not found reality.
The UBI and this article are terrible. First of all, it's expensive. Guaranteeing every American a certain sum of money will cost a ridiculous amount. Second, it's immoral. Taking money from one person and giving it to…
The tech didn't make us dishonest. It only made it easier.
< "4-year moodswings" AKA the will of the people. It amazes me that after all the evil we have seen come out of authoritarian rule we still get people bashing democracy.
The big thing you're missing is how the separation of powers in the US prevents what you describe as a "monarchy" from ruling as a monarchy. Besides in your own comment you admit that Trump goes against this idea. We…
That was hard to read! I mean that literally, the spacing was weird.
I'm just saying the Chinese care way more about their image than Americans. So it should come as no surprise when they are more aggressive towards winning these awards. The American government has better ways to spend…
If you look at the list of winners. Many of them come from authoritarian countries. I have no doubt that the Chinese government actively aids its competitors with great incentives and probably a few questionable…
So what does it mean?
I think we are in agreement. Russia has done fairly well in spite of their past economic system and today would be far better off if they had adopted our, American, system.
I can't believe we are still debating about Communism in this day and age because it has been proven inferior in every way but... Communism is bad for innovation for two major, connected, reasons. First, there is very…
Does anyone else find it ironic that he came to America because he bought into a false promise from a liberal and then was disappointed to find that the very liberal California was depressing. Sounds like he has an…