Would you believe an idiot though?

When it becomes really advanced (we could even do it now, actually), we replace all upper management jobs and leaving human work to human workers, e.g. customer service, healthcare, arts and culture etc.

I thought that was the joke.

Bicycle

Blue ringed octopus. Tiny but deadly.

Welcome to the new era of enshittification where you’ll eventually have to subscribe to access or make posts, and none of it will be searchable on any search engines.

And where do your stats come from? Do they account for the current cost of living crisis that’s affecting the average person globally? Inflation? Where I am, living on a single income for a family means that you’re likely either in the top 10% of wealth or you’re struggling in poverty.

Additionally, your statement ignores that someone has gone to a university graduation ceremony and made derogatory remarks to the female students who’ve worked hard to get to where they are.

When people find themselves in stress, they will always vote conservative to ensure their own survival. Right now, many young people can’t afford housing, they have to spend more time working than living. This is not surprising.

Happy birthday. I turned 40 this week too. Yay us.

I want complete control of my technology after I buy it. I don’t want my phone to assume things that I like based on my input. If something goes wrong, I want it to be my fault because I enabled the wrong setting. I also want physical buttons. I miss those so much.

Not when that package is more than what the company makes.

Hahaha. Even if there WERE lots of women who wanted to be homemakers, there is no way that a family can run on the average single income. So, somebody has been telling diabolical lies to him about the current economy.

Japan has pretty strict gun control, don’t they?

But all the lobbying has already happened - for decades - and nothing has changed. Fossil fuel companies have poured in billions over the course of decades, and still are, to counter lobby and spread misinformation to keep the status quo.

You're only seeing the 'performative' protesting in the media and not the lobbying because it's easy to report on, but in reality this movement is on its last legs. It is THAT level of desperation now.

Do you think they'd still be protesting if the government actually implemented the policies brought forward by climate scientists decades ago?

I wear a capelet in winter and it doesn't work well with my backpack. I suppose I could design a front wearing pack to carry my laptop.

That's where automation comes in to do the menial repetitive jobs and the remaining humans take on more complex tasks. Everything will work itself out.

Probably doesn't like WFH because people can clock off when their task is done and he can't ask them to work unpaid overtime.

So, how do we engineer a situation in which the richest suffer most? End of capitalism?

I thought it was more like 80%?

This is where the US is waves ahead of Australia. The indigenous population is small now (2%) but hasn't always been, and we put them (and still do) through many, many atrocities… If you're at all interested, check out indigenous deaths in custody. There's also the constant destruction of their traditional heritage (birthing trees, rock art etc.). The stereotype here for an Aboriginal is that they're drunkards and drug users. This is not reality but a huge majority think this.

As a country, we have deep seated institutionalised racism that has taken root and flourished over the last few decades. We have this national way of thinking where the indigenous population needs to comply to our laws, our way of life. If an indigenous family wants traditional education, nah - go to one of the 'normal' schools. Want to learn an indigenous language? Nah, learn German or French or Japanese.

We also have severe tall poppy syndrome where we can't let anyone have it better than anyone else. Our Australia Day is also a huge issue since it's on the day of the first colonists landing.

All in all, we don't have an equivalent because we have a rotten attitude to our first nations.