willya@lemmyf.uk to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAI taking over the worldlemmyf.ukimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAI taking over the worldlemmyf.ukwillya@lemmyf.uk to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareOpisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s just it. A century ago people thought that with the rapid development, we would not have to work anymore. So that didn’t happen.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m pretty sure no one thought that
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoMaybe not “the end of all work”, but pretty close to it: John Maynard Keynes predicted a 15 hour work week due to the rapid increases in production from emerging technologies. He sadly didn’t forsee how ridiculous levels of production would become the new norm, subsistence would be mainly tied to employment, and all-encompassing ever-present work would become the state religion.
That’s just it. A century ago people thought that with the rapid development, we would not have to work anymore. So that didn’t happen.
I’m pretty sure no one thought that
Maybe not “the end of all work”, but pretty close to it:
John Maynard Keynes predicted a 15 hour work week due to the rapid increases in production from emerging technologies.
He sadly didn’t forsee how ridiculous levels of production would become the new norm, subsistence would be mainly tied to employment, and all-encompassing ever-present work would become the state religion.