alt Hacker NewsWould you be comfortable giving that answer to someone who’s homeless or financially stuck today? I wouldn’t — and that’s the whole point.
We talk about tomorrow far more than we talk about what’s happening right in front of us. Quantum computing was ‘just around the corner.’ It wasn’t. Fusion was ‘imminent.’ Still isn’t.
I never argued we shouldn’t discuss the future.
I said it’s a matter of balance — something I already stated explicitly.
> Would you be comfortable giving that answer to someone who’s homeless or financially stuck today?
What? Why on earth wouldn't I be comfortable talking to people already getting the short end of the economic-stick about how the system has been in need of reform for many years?
If anything, I think you've got it backwards: Good luck convincing them that "we should probably let actual full automation happen" before debating what we want to do about it.