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Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea::"A society where you only have to work three days a week, that's probably OK," Bill Gates said.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We're already at the point where don't have to work 4 days a week tho.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sometimes I wonder what they would do if you could make endless perfect copies of objects like you can mp3s.

Dududdo you wouldn't copy a car. You wouldn't copy a cheeseburger Copying is a crime.

Like remember it's only been recently that it became possible to make endless copies of media at effectively no cost.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Can I introduce you to Star Trek?

In The Orville (Seth MacFarlane Star Trek-like show) they actually have a brief discussion about how if that technology was plonked into a world like we have today, it would not be used to make life better for everyone. It would be capitalised on.

Imagine if you could create food at no cost. You think everyone is getting fed, or do you think one company is going to have massive profit margins selling food that it costs nothing to produce?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They would figure it out some way to enforce artificial scarcity. Can't have poor people getting free stuff without being worthy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We do if we want to pay the rent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

From the employee perspective yes, we have to work 4 days a week, but from the employer perspective, there's no need to work 4 days a week. In fact, it's even less productive than working 5 days a week.