Speaking recently at SXSW (Whatever that is) Dimbulb Cortex was asked about the trend towards automated labor and how it will be replacing so many jobs. Here is some of what she had to say.
“We should not be haunted by the specter of being automated out of work,†she said in response. “We should be excited by that. But the reason we’re not excited by it is because we live in a society where if you don’t have a job, you are left to die. And that is, at its core, our problem.â€
“We should be excited about automation, because what it could potentially mean is more time educating ourselves, more time creating art, more time investing in and investigating the sciences, more time focused on invention, more time going to space, more time enjoying the world that we live in,†she said. “Because not all creativity needs to be bonded by wage.â€
So, you should be jacked about not being able to pay the bills because you'll have so much more time to be creative when you're not working. You know, bonded by the burden of having to put food on the table and keep the heat on. But then, who needs all that when you have more time for space travel?