iPeat
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Just because someone works their a$$ off, it doesn't mean that's the only way to go about things. Of course, nothing wrong with working, as long as you're engaged in something that is interesting for you. Doing repetitive jobs that you hate for a boss that you hate, to get just enough money to buy food and not live on the streets is a terrible life.
The problem with employable skills is that many of those are useless: picture a doctor examining you and saying " your cholesterol is high, take these statins!". Just because the system values something, it doesn't mean you'll help people, it also doesn't mean you won't harm people. And doctors get paid good money to basically either do nothing or just make things worse. Same thing with teachers: you won't be allowed to talk about the absurdity of membrane pumps or the organized structure of water inside cells without making your students realize that so many things that they've been taught about genetics and biology isn't accurate. Sure, if your job is fixing computers, for example, then it's obvious whether or not the computer was fixed correctly. Same thing with carpentry, there is less space for theories that don't work, which isn't the case with medicine( with the exception ER and surgery) or school or college.
I question the word motivated. Some behaviors are seen as motivated by society, while others are seen as unmotivated. Who defines that? Somebody who sleeps 5 hours a day and works 50 hours a week minimum would be seen as motivated by most people that I know, while someone who sleeps 9 hours a day everyday and makes sure to pay attention to things such as bowel movement regularity and proper nutrition is seen as "somebody who has too much free time". So the health conscious person should be supervised to make sure that they don't relax even once a day or pay attention to their own health? That's a great way to turn them into slaves. I do understand that you're concerned with how people spend their money, and, yeah, if someone doesn't have too much money, then surely they need to prioritize food, water and rent first, then, if there is some spare money, then they can spend on less urgent necessities. Also, sick people are just trying to feel better by buying things, since buying can be pleasurable, but it won't last, since their metabolism is so low. Also, the money wouldn't disappear, as Yang said, it would be used very quickly for basic necessities or not, and it would re-enter the economy.
The idea that we need to give back to the government is something I really disagree with. The government should be serving us, but we what we see is the exact opposite. People getting paid by simply being part of a country is the minimum that the government should do. Instead we are just slaves that give up a third of our day, 5 times a week for just for a paycheck. We are already giving way too much to the government, it doesn't need any more.
He adressed this bit in the video: AI won't slowly enter the economy, it has already entered it. What about Amazon? Their work force is basically AI, which is much cheaper and efficient than people at these repetitive jobs. This isn't identical to featherbedding, where you basically hire way more people than necessary. Featherbedding is what is going on nowadays, with people doing jobs that machines could do for us. I see it all the time in my country. Lots of cashiers who just sit there all day looking like they wanna run away and never come back. Almost all of them have bloated bellies, btw. AI would rid people of working unnecessarily, and it would reduce featherbedding. Also, Yang said that society will not adapt to it well, it will just lead to massive unemployment, since who would hire people to do a job that a machine can do faster, more efficiently, with less mistakes, etc.?
How is giving people money akin to spending money on war? War is terrible and pointless, most of the time. Politicians literally do almost nothing and get paid extremely well. Politicians don't even use buses or any public transport in country, they like to travel by helicopter or by plane. Where does this money come from? And why 25% of my country's population is poor while working when politicians can just sit in a room with air conditioning all day and do nothing and get paid 10 times more? Banks are certainly not solving society's problems either.
Lol don't worry, my bubble has been broken a long time ago, and I certainly don't think the government will simply become friends with the people, even if it's giving them money. There will still be fluoride in the water. I'm just enjoying this topic, because it makes me think of how good the government could be in theory.
If government wasn't stomping on your throat, you wouldn't need to work your **** off. Of course you could if you wanted to. The amount of money the average person is directly or indirectly giving to government is staggering and they've done a terrific job of hiding it.