The paradox of productivity in 2018 is even if you're writing a quantum tech article whilst simultaneously dogwalking, podcasting your fourth Ph. D, & inventing the next revolutionary drudge-work-automating app (that will be consumed by a tech giant), you'll always be making not-enough per hour for a dignified existence.
No amount of neurohack pills, 180-hour crunches and AI assistants will ever free us, because neofeudal capitalism will consume all abundance.
The wheel must break.
@silverspookgames What is a "dignified existence"? Not trying to be snarky, just curious what you're definition of that is.
@silverspookgames Thank you for the clarification.I agree with your sentiment 100%. I would say, however, that I believe these are ultimately spiritual problems that have little to do with political or economic systems. Power begets power, and woe to those who aren't lucky or manipulative enough to get a piece for themselves. Revolutions solve problems temporarily, but human nature persists. And you can't solve what are ultimately spiritual problems with materialist solutions.
@nix_trismegistus I mean basically making enough money to pay for your own house, transportation, healthcare, education, children's needs, food, utilities, etc. without having to take money from family, live squished in parents' house or in a car, work 3 jobs all day, stuff like that. Where I am from (city in the US) you would need a 100k+ salary minimum to cover this. I worked two jobs (12 hrs+) and was still homeless and with horrible healthcare (I have 2 kids). This is wrong IMHO.