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Clarkeprops t1_j09rsa2 wrote

Reply to comment by ShowerGrapes in The problem isn’t AI, it’s requiring us to work to live by jamesj

But who builds the place, who grows the food? Who pays for all of it?

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ShowerGrapes t1_j09w17b wrote

who does it now?

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Clarkeprops t1_j0anbkw wrote

The people consuming it.

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ShowerGrapes t1_j0bf0t5 wrote

why do you think the same people won't do it?

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Clarkeprops t1_j0br89b wrote

Because they’re not capable of building housing and rigging it up to code.

If you want a society of self sufficient non specialists, you get Mennonites.

If you want to live in a mid-high density building in a city, you need concrete engineers, crane operators, plumbers, electricians and about 40 other professions. Their time isn’t free.

Even building a house requires permits, and the land to build it on. Technically you could learn it all yourself and it’s fine if it’s to code, but you’re looking at 200k minimum in property and materials just in the middle of nowhere.

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ShowerGrapes t1_j0bs1s6 wrote

you're suggesting the people who currently build houses won't be able to do the same? wtf are you talking about. why would that change? keep all code and all that bullshit. we already have specialists. why would they go away? are you talking about some alternate reality? why would any of that go away?

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ShowerGrapes t1_j0bs6hy wrote

>you need concrete engineers, crane operators, plumbers, electricians and about 40 other professions.

we'd still have them. nothing is "free". just like when we always had to do "work" we'll always have systems in place for people to benefit from the work they do. people benefited from the work t hey did before currency was invented. they'll continue to after currency is discarded .

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Clarkeprops t1_j0btbia wrote

You just said “give everyone a place to live” like there’s some house printer that can make extras.

Who exactly are you suggesting will be giving the houses, and who will pay for it?

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ShowerGrapes t1_j0btlfq wrote

who pays for it now? who makes the houses now? none of it would change. and no, not everyone needs a house. nowhere did i say we should build everyone a house. a place to live isn't necessarily a house. a house is something you'd need to work toward.

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Clarkeprops t1_j0f8ge0 wrote

“Give everyone a place to live” -your words

WHO is giving out these places to live?

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ShowerGrapes t1_j0g89ui wrote

the same people making houses today, would continue to make them.

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Clarkeprops t1_j0gsd53 wrote

You know you’re not answering my question though.

Who is GIVING out these places to live?

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ShowerGrapes t1_j0gsq1m wrote

you're talking about the transition from a capitalistic, profit based system to one more humane. i'd imagine the people who most benefited from the system should be the ones to bear responsibility for fixing it.

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ShowerGrapes t1_j0bt8uo wrote

people seem to think the "economy" as we define it has always existed. there were thousands of years after the invention of organized farming and before the invention of currency where farms were built, houses constructed, innovations made and necessary work done by people with zero hoarding mentality and almost no social hierarchy. before farming, tribes manage to work together for a hundred thousand years without currency and without millionaires.

it's not only possible, it's the original way we did things.

we can have both now. we've reached the point where we can reorganize society. keep the hierarchy for people who want that sort of thing but also eliminate poverty. all we need to do is find new ways to motivate people. it can be done.

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Clarkeprops t1_j0f8r45 wrote

We can’t go back to a barter and trade economy. How are you going to pay for your internet? Do a 6 hour shift driving AT&T’s truck for them?

We don’t live in a village with a blacksmith and baker. Todays society can’t ever function without currency

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ShowerGrapes t1_j0g84hx wrote

it's true we can't go back to barter and trade but it's also true that with technology today, we no longer need currency to function. we're getting there anyway, by small steps. we're "disrupting" industries, putting people where they need to go, doing what they need to do, what needs to be done. uber, fiverr, etc.

things still need to be done and there's no reason why the people who could do it best and want to do it, will still do it. we can also tie jobs to quality of life, if we wanted to.

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