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swifchif t1_jeddwu1 wrote

What do you have to say to people who will lose jobs to automation? Also, great ideas... but these aren't new ideas. Why aren't people already doing these things? How do you plan to make this all happen?

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courtimus-prime OP t1_jedk8or wrote

Thank you! Here are my thoughts.

>What do you have to say to people who will lose jobs to automation?

In a post scarcity society, the necessities of life (food, water, energy, housing) is produced in great abundance that they are essentially free. As a result, you only work if you want to, not because you have to. This frees everyone up to pursue what they are interested or talented in. This opens people up to starting small businesses and fueling a local economy.

>Why aren't people already doing these things?

The ideas exist, but rarely have they been consolidated and organized into a policy proposal. Instead, they largely remain utopian daydreams that get stigmatized for unpracticality. However, this society is entirely feasible. We just need to make it happen.

>How do you plan to make this all happen?

I am going to write and publish an academic research paper about this subject and make a website and identity around it. I've been dabbling in spreading the word on TikTok and bringing attention to the solutions to the problems we care the most about.

I'm a journalist at my school's international affairs paper, so I try to use that as a platform. My last article was about the future of food.

I'm unversed in how social movements are created and popularized. However, this is my life's calling and will do everything to make it a reality.

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Trout_Shark t1_jee8tuk wrote

Ahh, the post scarcity society, I too dream of such a day.

Saving the world with ideas and journalism using TikTok. I wish you the best of luck my sweet, sweet child. May you save us all.

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