Shit most tech we have now was once incredibly expensive

I think the best policy is for the government to allow/encourage businesses to progress everywhere so that when that “sudden” change happens, millions of people aren’t out of work.

Yeah that’s true.

Adjusted for inflation a black and white 13 inch TV costs more than a 70 inch 4K smart TV

Phones did the same thing.

@Andrules A fully automated industry will put a lot of people out of work. Sure, new jobs will come out of that, but the goal is to have a society where people don't need to work as hard. 1k a month helps get people on their feet. I know it sounds unrealistic, and Yang is definitely ahead of his time.

But this isn't something that is 'unrealistic' in the future.

I mean, people thought electricity was sorcery once. People thought Y2k and shit.

I don't think anyone thought electricity was magic. It's a relatively recent discovery.

Y2K bug made sense, because no computer had ever seen a millennial change

There was a bug in one of the windows OS that after X number of hours of nonstop use, the software would have a catastrophic failure.

cite where people thought "electricity was sorcery"

no, yang is not "ahead of his time"

what he talks about is nothing groundbreaking or profound

it has been a legitimate concern for the last 20 years

tech people have been talking about the rise of automation for a long while

and trying to offer solutions to this seeming inevitability

1k will help no one for the reasons i have stated

it will help a very small amount of people and just screw over everyone else in the long run

What would help is ww3

Pakistan and India look like they want to start it

Iran is about to pull us in too

once we get an automated industry, people will learn how to be technicians, and there'll be a huge demand for technicians.

we have the best technicians. y'know i used to be one so i know all about technicianing. <:smug:448312365520519188>

Tremendous technicians in this country

i support technicians very bigly

http://www.ladbible.com/news/viral-blogger-cries-after-instagram-account-is-deleted-20190410?c=1554879535588?source=facebook

imagine measuring your self worth with outside forces that don't even directly impact your life

“I can’t work a real job! I need people to pay me for taking photos of myself!” 🤣

yep

https://www.facebook.com/morocanfamily/videos/2219814838242339/?sfnsn=mo

Look at these british colonists beat up an indian / spanish family. This is great. I was rooting for the soldiers the whole time. Kid needed to be beat

What the hell was that?

A muslim movie

Ah. Thought it was some sort of political ad or something 🤣

So it’s a movie clip.

@Andrules same thing isn't it

🤷🏼‍♂️

That one definitely is an ad.

Here comes. the pain. train https://youtu.be/nTKnmyURKzk

You ever seen an Asian man get raped by a black woman.