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Drale

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5. We should be working towards a culture were not one needs to do manual labor

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 03:47 PM

Nov 2012

and everyone does what they love not for money but for the love of doing it. I believe it can be done with the help of technology. For instance if I had my way I would spend my days traveling, learning about new places and then passing on that knowledge to others.

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So, a society gets productive enough that not everyone is needed... [View all] cthulu2016 Nov 2012 OP

We were promised lives of leisure in the 60's à la The Jetsons, The World's Fair, etc Matariki Nov 2012 #1

Back in the 1950's there was a genuine fear out there SheilaT Nov 2012 #2

People assumed those things would happen because the cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #4

since i saw this. we need to create jobs. i propose govt provided maids + gardeners. pansypoo53219 Nov 2012 #3

We should be working towards a culture were not one needs to do manual labor Drale Nov 2012 #5