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This is an amazing thought. Greed keeps us from this ideal. Can you imagine the art that would happen if artists weren't concerned about where their next meal would come from or how they will provide for a family? I have a dream of a place where artists can work completely unshackled by thoughts of survival and focus singularly on their art. I want to live there.
Saying that, if you ever met me in person, I would likely lecture you on the virtues of work. And I believe that men should be "anxiously engaged" in a good cause but that doesn't mean it has to be a job they loathe just to feed their family. I think laziness is bad, but I don't think we would all devolve into couch dwelling monkeys if we didn't have to work to eat.
briandmyers · 4729 days ago · link ·
Love Bucky. This is what I call "the Star Trek future". If we (as humans) survive long enough without killing ourselves, we will eventually reach the point where we CAN provide any one who wants it with the necessities of life, with no strings attached. Pessimists believe this will make slaves of us all. Optimists believe this will free us to follow our dreams. The reality is probably (us usual) somewhere in between.
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thenewgreen · 4729 days ago · link ·
Your version of the future reminds me of Keynes's from this post
thenewgreen · 4729 days ago · link ·
I wonder what portion of the jobs in the US are redundant and a result of bureaucracy? I also wonder how many people hate what they do day to day? That isn't cool, not at all. Life's too short to squander it inspecting the inspectors.
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JakobVirgil · 4729 days ago · link ·
Any job that does not bring nutrition into the system is redundant
from a Marxist anthropological view .
So about 99%.
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thenewgreen · 4729 days ago · link ·
Yeah, I have to agree. Every time I hear something like this the first thought that occurs to me is.... "Oh brave new world"... and then I take some soma and pass out in to a state of bliss...