Submitted by BotJunkie t3_yzft16 in Futurology
NihiliSloth t1_ix10h5a wrote
Reply to comment by YeetThePig in Workplace brain scanning to make employees happier and more productive by BotJunkie
Yeah and that’s the problem. Fuck capitalism.
YeetThePig t1_ix11oh5 wrote
Yeah, I would concur that that would be the rational response. Unfortunately, we’re not a rational species to begin with, and the political and economic power are all concentrated in the hands of particularly irrational sociopaths. So as a result, humanity gets to witness what happens when the unstoppable force of automation-driven capitalism meets the immovable object of human needs.
NihiliSloth t1_ix149vn wrote
Yeah someone else on this thread questioned why I think CEO’s and other extremely wealthy people are psychopaths. It’s because they are. People don’t obtain that amount of money and power by being nice and giving to people. They obtain it because they take what they want, regardless if they hurt people or not. And oftentimes it does involve hurting people. They simply do not care. They only stop when someone else keeps them in check due to illegal activity. But some people have enough wealth and power they can just pay their way out of situations and they are exempt from the law.
People like the person questioning me (who think the workings of large corporations is completely okay) will never get it because they are a part of the problem. They lack sympathy and empathy for what’s really transpiring. They fail to realize that humans are meant to work together, not against each other. And when we do work against each other, in the end, it will only lead to failure. History repeats itself time and time again. People refuse to learn.
YeetThePig t1_ix17j80 wrote
Yep.
“Great Filter, dead ahead, cap’n!” “Excellent! Hold course and accelerate to flanking speed!”
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