What is Reddit's opinion of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)?

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What happened to all the typewriters before the word processor came out?

What will we do with the telephone operators now that we have Google Maps?

My full service gas station had to let go of all of their filling station attendants. Oh my god...we need UBI or else they’ll starve!

Who will repair the horse carriages now that the automobile has arrived?

Charles H. Duell was the Commissioner of US patent office in 1899. Mr. Deull's most famous attributed utterance is that "everything that can be invented has been invented." Most patent attorneys have also heard that the quote is apocryphal.

Mankind will adaptadapt, young socialist.

You might try reading something positivesomething positive to counterbalance whatever negative news is getting you down. The world is overall pretty great and getting better, but our perspective is easily skewed if all we read are bleak sounding headlines.

A thoughtful and insightful reply deserves my upvote.

I'm reading this book right now... so hopefully I'm not naive in thinking we really can solve homelessness. (well, maybe not the people who purposely CHOOSE a homeless lifestyle,.. but we could solve the problem of people who don't want to be homeless).

I think you are right though.. .it IS a complex and multi-faceted social problem.

I'm still gonna keep a positive outlook... ;)

Funny you should say that, but in comparison to the way things were, many jobs are less 9-5 nowadays and more telecommuting or working from home. This leaves plenty of time to take care of your own activities and as an ENTP enjoys.... freedom.

Check out this article for some of the other ways the work place is changing to be more suitable to create a work life balance....ish.

As for removing menial jobs, there will always be a place for skilled workers over robots, in trades and other manufacturing. We need those people and theres a chance that they wont ever be replaced by robots. No WE may not be suitable for that position, but those people that do like working with their hands and solving "sensory" problems, are great at their jobs.

Have a look at a book called Abundance. Its a book about the basics required for humans to reduce the load on them, ie: food, water, electricity, etc. Having that available to everyone for either very, very little or free would change the way society seeks to use its time. And allow more people to tap into something called a "flow-state". More people involved in the moment, means happier people doing what they love, and with that we will have progress like weve never had before.

Or maybe Im just ahead of myself as usual.

http://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think/dp/1451614217

https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_future?language=it

ad essere sincero, non ho letto il libro, nè visto i lvideo...

I haven't read any of these myself, but a quick Google search turned up these interesting-looking results:

Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler - http://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think/dp/1451614217

The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil - http://www.amazon.com/The-Singularity-Is-Near-Transcend/dp/0143037889

Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization by K Eric Drexler - http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Abundance-Revolution-Nanotechnology-Civilization/dp/1610391136/ref=pd_sim_14_10?ie=UTF8&refRID=03FZ3EW2TPWZ2ZYPXTAP

Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact by Steven Kotler - http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrowland-Journey-Science-Fiction-Fact/dp/0544456211/ref=pd_sim_14_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=0H17V4DJE00NWZ4FG7ZN

I've read Abundance. Doesn't talk about Bitcoin, but a great book in its own right.

Eh, you gotta do what you think is right, and internet karma is just numbers on a screen. I've watched this country slide backwards for most of my life, while at the same time technology gets better (which itself is great). I still think it's voter apathy and *un*awareness that causes the major problems, so that's why I do what I do. People should learn, and participate in civics, even if you can't be a 'politician.' So if I can light one lightbulb, it's worth it. Your response means something to me.

As someone who won the lottery of birth by just being born in the first world, then got even luckier be being white, and even luckier by being male; my parents actually moved us out of an upper class area (Prince Georges County) in the 1980's, because they could see the 'affluensa' even back then. We're not "rich" by any measure, but comprehend our 'position.' There are other things that influenced me as well; my dad was an interior designer and my mom was a computer programmer, both very good at what they did, so I don't believe bullshit 'popular culture' norms, as I was inoculated by reality. Me joining the military and seeing the world as it actually is, just helped me understand that people are just people. (Sagan's Pale Blue dot helps as well). So while I defend the Constitution, as flawed as it is, I still haven't seen a better idea, except in Sci-fi. The Culture isn't technically feasible, yet.

The fact that the Libertarians want equal 'opportunity' for all isn't bad itself, it's just that too many of them can't see the helping hand that got them into the position to even be contemplating it in the first place. I voted for Gary Johnson last time, but would like to vote for Bernie Sanders next time, this country is way overdue for a cultural shift, and the young are going to do that. Just look at how fast the gay/marijuana acceptance is changing.

I also recommend both Abundance and The Zero Marginal Cost Society books to people for ideas about the way forward.

EDIT: spelling and links.

I disagree :)

You should watch this TED talk. Read his book too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BltRufe5kkI

http://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think/dp/1451614217

It's bullshit, read Abundance by Peter Diamandis for the long version. Or watch his TED talk for the short version.