System Failure

System Failure

Paradigm Shift (Part I)

Sci-Fi & Unemployment

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Nathan Knopp
Jan 10, 2022
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If you haven’t seen the science-fiction show The Expanse, be sure to treat yourself. It’s good stuff. Mass unemployment is portrayed as an enduring problem. 300 years in the future, labor-saving automation technology has advanced to the point that very little old-fashioned human labor is needed to keep society going. There just isn’t enough work to occu…

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