BBC: Let’s Kill the Internet and Start Over

[Gert van Santen]

Op 20-2-2012 21:05, The Dong schreef:
> On 20/02/2012 18:50, Paul Maddox wrote:
>
>> the worlds problems, like the debt crises, hunger, unemployment
>
> Is unemployment really a problem for the world?
> If you ask me, it is one solution to the alleged ravaging of
> natural resources, not the fundamental scourge it is purported to
> be.
>
> Look at it this way:
> If there is a shortage of <vital> work to be done in 'society' (I
> use that word merely as a collective of people within defined
> boundaries), there will not be 'real' work for everyone. If you
> try and force more work than needs to be done, or create
> meaningless or economically negative positions, it is a very
> wasteful exercise, both in effort and in resources utilised.

Finally someone who understands. Most work is unnecessary, and 
the rest can be done by robots and, say, a 10-year social service 
for every person. The way it is now, work and money are just 
invented to keep us quiet and tired and mindlessly numb. To keep 
us from doing really cool stuff.

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Gert
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