Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources at the company
People don’t seem to understand that the final solution for capitalism is ZERO labor — ZERO human workforce — as humans are extremely inefficient. The problem is that the entire engine fuelling capitalism also requires a population of consumers making money through their labor, to pay (demand) for goods and services. Without that demand the entire engine shuts down, and we’re left with either some form of autocratic dystopia or Star Trek grade socialism.
TL;DR Capitalism is destined to consume itself eventually.
Yes. Automation is how we ultimately achieve freedom and post scarcity, but only if the value is distributed across the population. If it’s not, then automation is the harbinger of authoritarianism, global depression, war, and mass murder.
People don’t seem to understand that the final solution for capitalism is ZERO labor — ZERO human workforce — as humans are extremely inefficient. The problem is that the entire engine fuelling capitalism also requires a population of consumers making money through their labor, to pay (demand) for goods and services. Without that demand the entire engine shuts down, and we’re left with either some form of autocratic dystopia or Star Trek grade socialism.
TL;DR Capitalism is destined to consume itself eventually.
Reducing work for humans is a goal we should strive for.
But we need to also reduce average working hours and set up ubi.
Yes. Automation is how we ultimately achieve freedom and post scarcity, but only if the value is distributed across the population. If it’s not, then automation is the harbinger of authoritarianism, global depression, war, and mass murder.