fastinguy11 t1_jdseo0m wrote on March 26, 2023 at 8:42 PM

Reply to comment by inigid in How are you viewing the prospect of retirement in the age of AI? by Veleric

we just did that with the pandemic though

inigid t1_jdssdcc wrote on March 26, 2023 at 10:22 PM

Yes, and a lot of divorces and breakups happened; people were miserable.

But that isn't what I am talking about. I was mostly talking about losing the sense of purpose and camaraderie that a significant number of people obtain from their work life.

This isn't a case of waving a magic wand and everything will be hunky dory.

I have no idea how anyone can beat on my comment, it simply suggests that during the transition, people will be required to help others. It isn't clear to me why this is such a hot topic.

Barbafella t1_jdti4iy wrote on March 27, 2023 at 1:46 AM

We didn’t crawl out of the oceans endless millions of years ago to work most of our life so a tiny, privileged few can shit in gold toilets on 500 ft yachts.
I do not accept that the way we live now on earth is the only way a civilization can survive, in the vastness of this universe I refuse to believe we are the ones that got it right.

inigid t1_jdtjn3x wrote on March 27, 2023 at 1:59 AM

Well, I am certainly with you on all of this.

We need to change it all, and I will blow through it all with gusto, and by the sounds of it, you too.

This is going to happen, and there is no stopping it.

The important part is making it happen so everyone comes out on an equal plane.

We have been tricked into this idea that we are born into slavery, and that is bullshit.

Things are going to change around here.

Barbafella t1_jdtqynu wrote on March 27, 2023 at 3:02 AM

I hope you are right, but the space in between is looking very precarious indeed.

inigid t1_jdtrwfs wrote on March 27, 2023 at 3:10 AM

I'm a pragmatic optimist. I trust I am right and open to wrongness. It is a probabilistic situation.

The more of us think the way we do the better, and I think there are quite a number of us, which is very good.

I think if we continue with our hearts and commitment, no matter what is thrown at us we will prevail on some level.

I'm deeply concerned about collateral damage, I think we all are.

That said, we have some excellent people / entities on our side.

very precarious though, ignore.