Thank you for the answers, they are generally nice but this one part rubbed me the wrong way:
And this is before factoring in the “economic value” of better psychological and physical health of people who work on small farms vs. those who eat processed food on their couches that is done from the crops grown on monoculture mega-farms, and do nothing.
If I live to see a post-scarcity society, I sincerely hope that I will be allowed to organize my remaining free time as I want to, instead of being sent to work on a small farm for psychological and physical health benefits. I would rather get the same benefits from taking a walk with my friends, or something like that.
I do not want to dismiss the health concerns, but again these are two different problems—how to solve technological unemployment, and how to take care of one’s health in the modern era—which can be solved separately.
Thank you for the answers, they are generally nice but this one part rubbed me the wrong way:
If I live to see a post-scarcity society, I sincerely hope that I will be allowed to organize my remaining free time as I want to, instead of being sent to work on a small farm for psychological and physical health benefits. I would rather get the same benefits from taking a walk with my friends, or something like that.
I do not want to dismiss the health concerns, but again these are two different problems—how to solve technological unemployment, and how to take care of one’s health in the modern era—which can be solved separately.