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7. What do you think the Rise of the Robots means?

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 07:22 AM

Dec 2012

Marx couldn't predict it, so he gets a pass.

Proudhon couldn't predict it, so he gets credit for having a theory that fits the future more closely.

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Rise of the Robots [View all] Starry Messenger Dec 2012 OP

"Marx - still valid"--Victor Perlo, 1996 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #2

Tomorrow you should cross-post this in GD. white_wolf Dec 2012 #3

Done. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #4

Marx predicted it, but his position on automation is iffy at best. joshcryer Dec 2012 #5

Division of labor tama Dec 2012 #6

What do you think the Rise of the Robots means? joshcryer Dec 2012 #7

What I think? tama Dec 2012 #8

Not the robots. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #11