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Goodheart

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9. I think it's society's biggest question, actually.

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 10:23 AM

Apr 2017

I also thought about this a few nights ago in reference to drugs.

It seems to me that a large part of the opposition to freedom of drugs is some perceived detriment to personal productivity and achievement. But what if human labor productivity becomes largely a relic of an unautomated past? Will we no longer care? Will government, itself, become the main dispenser of sedatives and hallucinogens, like soma in "Brave New World"?

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What will we do when there are no more jobs? [View all] ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 OP

Three Numbers...7,5,3 CincyDem Apr 2017 #1

that's an important frame ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #3

We're already over pretty much every ratio... CincyDem Apr 2017 #5

true, unless we can decide to care for each other ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #6

I think most people don't talk about this because nobody has an answer for what to do about it. world wide wally Apr 2017 #2

I remember in the 70s ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #4

I'll be ronatchig Apr 2017 #7

For a while, we'll create new jobs. Orsino Apr 2017 #8

I think it's society's biggest question, actually. Goodheart Apr 2017 #9

Yeah, I'm going with 2) . . . HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #10

sad to say ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #11

At some point moondust Apr 2017 #12