My labor makes other people's lives better, so I would expect something that replaces my labor to do the same.
replyglobal development and relief of poverty has relied on there being an economic surplus for all from organized labor. everyone gets a benefit although it is unfairly distributed.
replyi think that there is growing organized labor today that produces no surplus. instead, it transfers wealth from some to others, causing net harm to all in the process. an example of this would be purdue pharma.
depending on who you ask the list of jobs and industries which have zero surplus is getting large. swathes of private equity and leveraged financial instruments, shitcoins, management consultancy, are pure deadweight loss.
the work does nothing or causes net harm.
You’d expect that, wouldn’t you? But, alas…
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"In Marxist philosophy..."
replyWell, that's about the same validity as "In Western astrology..." or "in flat earth theory..."
Would you care to discuss the topic, or just throw grenades? Surely you can come up with something more substantive than this
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replyI'm using AI to build things I wouldn't (and/or couldn't) have built before.
replyThat's the opposite of parasitic.
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replyTalking as if you are not disposable. If you are let go from your company, you can be easily replaceable.
replyPeople already started using contributor API, and your input is irrelevant.
Don’t you have some looms to break?
replyAnd the unabomber has entered the chat.
replyI’m retired so it won’t be replacing my labor :)
replyThe sibling reply to this is just such lazy thinking, such a trite cliche. Yes, all members of a generation are bad, end of story. Can we get back to the war between the sexes now?
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