automation industry, Ancient Greece and the new concept of a utopian world, a morning ritual of getting up Recently, during a long train journey, I had the pleasure to talk with a very intelligent man, who identified himself as a member of the faculty at a German medical universities. Initially, we talked of biochemistry, radiology, and the situation of railways in Poland, but later blown discussion on topics closer to the theme of your blog.
I will not describe the whole discussion about politics and the economy, because this is not what I wanted to write. I will concentrate on only one issue, and it will automate. We are all aware that the automation industry, causing loss of many jobs. It would seem, therefore, that this is a very bad idea. The case is not as simple as it seems at first glance. It suffices that we consider why we are afraid of automation and everything will be in a completely different light. Frequently, the cause of the fear of machines replacing humans, it is not fear of losing their jobs, but before staying destitute . Unfortunately, there are fears that, without justification, but do you have to be like?
automation increases, after all the income from production and thus indirectly increase GDP per capita, which supposedly proves the standard of living of people in different countries. What to do to benefit from automation were felt not only on paper? In my opinion there are at least two possibilities.
- first is hand made redundant workers holding companies so that they can live with the dividend. Unfortunately in our country there is a trend for non-payment of the shareholders of their rightful share of the profits only an attempt to dilute them in bonuses for executives, pseudo-investments made by a friend, etc. I guarantee that with a sufficiently high dividends as most workers are willing to go alone to work, to be able to live peacefully with the specific use, premature depletion of retirement pension without public money.
- second way is to establish the need to pay part of the profits derived from automation, to the state coffers, which rozdzielałaby money on a principle similar to unemployment benefits. There is obviously a concern that people will not want to work if they are given money in existence, but do not kid yourself, most of these individuals now not working. You can even go further and everyone, no matter rich or poor, pay a certain amount of money every month, enough to meet minimum needs.
course again, these suggestions so far appear to be utopian. But as long as something not to try you can not say with certainty that this is impossible. Wondered reading the previous sentence to what kind of world we will lead the changes described in (especially the second concept to which more and more inclined)? It seems to me that the current in the literature of science-fiction world in which almost all the heavy physical work will be done by machines. The inhabitants of this world, assuming a distribution of profits generated by robots, they could only deal with it whatever they want. They could live in harmony with its largest passions are not looking for love among different such that you can best sell. For all the malcontents, fearing the new "utopian" ideas for a better world, I will cite historical facts indirectly confirm the thesis that this could be achieved.
protagonist lesson of history is mentioned in the post title Ancient Greece. Philosophy and science, closely related to each other, soon developed in ancient times was in that small country. Have you ever wondered why it was so well? Honestly I will say that he did not do this until you mentioned at the beginning of the conversation. I do not mean here is that people in this part of Europe were born more intelligent or more industrious. The secret probably lies elsewhere. Well, the Greeks were free men, and all the hard work performed by slaves. Some historical sources claim that 30% of people were just people without the right to freedom. This resulted in that most Greeks leniła is giving the lessons not worthy mention, but some, probably out of boredom, they began to think, create works of art and architecture, lay the foundations for modern medicine, botany and other sciences. The civilization of the Greeks developed very quickly at all levels despite the fact that almost no one did not work hard!
Is worth so afraid that some people will not work if they are given a decent life? Is the average Greek life was not much more interesting, more peaceful and better than the average human life today? Why do not you go back to ancient times, this time replacing slaves robots? Why does no one even tries to take this path? It is about the technical obstacles that might something else? What do you think?