Automation only really increases productivity. The principles of scarcity and capitalism will ensure that people always have work. Even if robots could fully take over all current jobs, new ones will emerge as capital seeks more busywork. The only way to actually make a fully automated world is through collective ownership of such automation production and a total abolition of private speculation.
Of course, we could realistically strive for a partially automated world where we need to put in less and less labor as more essential work gets automated, but that won’t happen. Global capitalism adds a competitive drive to maximize development so states and companies don’t get bullied by rival empires and businesses. It’s a prisoners dilemma and none of the states or capitalists have any motivation to deescalate. So instead all those with power race to the bottom; buring humans as fuel, pillaging the environment, and making sure we never reach a post scarcity world.
what trillion dollar problem is automation trying to solve?
Automation only really increases productivity. The principles of scarcity and capitalism will ensure that people always have work. Even if robots could fully take over all current jobs, new ones will emerge as capital seeks more busywork. The only way to actually make a fully automated world is through collective ownership of such automation production and a total abolition of private speculation.
Of course, we could realistically strive for a partially automated world where we need to put in less and less labor as more essential work gets automated, but that won’t happen. Global capitalism adds a competitive drive to maximize development so states and companies don’t get bullied by rival empires and businesses. It’s a prisoners dilemma and none of the states or capitalists have any motivation to deescalate. So instead all those with power race to the bottom; buring humans as fuel, pillaging the environment, and making sure we never reach a post scarcity world.