▲ 65 ▼ Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI (fortune.com) submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments Paywall removed: https://archive.is/Rol6Q
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) It's literally the only way for capitalism to keep going... When there's not enough jobs to earn money for resources shit hits the fan. To compensate for technological advances the standard work week needs to shrink while wages at least stay the same. That way there's more jobs. It's literally the whole point of the Luddite movement when the auto look showed up. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (3 children) But what if our oligarchs just let 40% of us die, instead? Do they even notice a difference? They probably make more money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 5 points 11 months ago The whole pyramid scheme requires the poor to buy things, and collapses when they don’t. permalink fedilink source parent [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago Gotta boost the casket industry somehow. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) just like animals need to keep circulating blood to stay alive, so does the economy need to continue circulating consumer goods and products. without it, it's dead and becomes worthless rather rapidly. basically, the economy has a stark interest in keeping consumerism running. that's in fact such a large interest that it even justifies taxing the rich and redistributing money sothat it can flow in circles (from bottom to top, from top to bottom). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] greenbelt@lemy.lol 1 point 11 months ago taxing the rich Where exactly is that happening besides western Europe? I do not see that happening in the USA at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (3 children) But what if our oligarchs just let 40% of us die, instead? Do they even notice a difference? They probably make more money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 5 points 11 months ago The whole pyramid scheme requires the poor to buy things, and collapses when they don’t. permalink fedilink source parent [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago Gotta boost the casket industry somehow. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) just like animals need to keep circulating blood to stay alive, so does the economy need to continue circulating consumer goods and products. without it, it's dead and becomes worthless rather rapidly. basically, the economy has a stark interest in keeping consumerism running. that's in fact such a large interest that it even justifies taxing the rich and redistributing money sothat it can flow in circles (from bottom to top, from top to bottom). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] greenbelt@lemy.lol 1 point 11 months ago taxing the rich Where exactly is that happening besides western Europe? I do not see that happening in the USA at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 5 points 11 months ago The whole pyramid scheme requires the poor to buy things, and collapses when they don’t. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago Gotta boost the casket industry somehow. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) just like animals need to keep circulating blood to stay alive, so does the economy need to continue circulating consumer goods and products. without it, it's dead and becomes worthless rather rapidly. basically, the economy has a stark interest in keeping consumerism running. that's in fact such a large interest that it even justifies taxing the rich and redistributing money sothat it can flow in circles (from bottom to top, from top to bottom). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] greenbelt@lemy.lol 1 point 11 months ago taxing the rich Where exactly is that happening besides western Europe? I do not see that happening in the USA at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greenbelt@lemy.lol 1 point 11 months ago taxing the rich Where exactly is that happening besides western Europe? I do not see that happening in the USA at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent