Vespair , 2 months ago and it should have reduced the work as predicted The only reason we aren't approaching Star Trek utopia is because of the unchecked greed fostered by our systems of capitalism. There is no reason that, in a world of finite necessary work, increased automation shouldn't have freed us from the constraints of some of that work. The fact that it hasn't isn't indictment of automation, it's indictment of unchecked capitalism.
and it should have reduced the work as predicted
The only reason we aren't approaching Star Trek utopia is because of the unchecked greed fostered by our systems of capitalism.
There is no reason that, in a world of finite necessary work, increased automation shouldn't have freed us from the constraints of some of that work.
The fact that it hasn't isn't indictment of automation, it's indictment of unchecked capitalism.