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February 18, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

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As this section develops it will explore the dangers which may arise if we misunderstand the impact the rise of the robots will have on our society. We introduce the term hamartia; the idea that faulty diagnoses will lead to faulty prescriptions of action, and examine some current proposals which exemplify this. Chief among these is the misconception that […]

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Something To Think About:

The capitalist or any other order of things may evidently break down - or economic and social evolution may outgrow it - and yet the socialist phoenix may fail to rise from the ashes. There may be chaos and, unless we define as socialism any non-chaotic alternative to capitalism, there are other possibilities.

Joseph A. Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

We proceed from an actual economic fact.

The worker becomes all the poorer the more wealth he produces, the more his production increases in power and size. The worker becomes an ever cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates. The devaluation of the world of men is in direct proportion to the increasing value of the world of things. Labor produces not only commodities; it produces itself and the worker as a commodity – and this at the same rate at which it produces commodities in general.

- Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844. Karl Marx

The Sane Society

Man today is confronted with the most fundamental choice; not that between Capitalism and Communism, but that between robotism (of both the capitalist and communist variety), or Humanistic Communitarian Socialism. Most facts seem to indicate that he is choosing robotism, and that means, in the long run, insanity and destruction. But all these facts are not strong enough to destroy faith in man's reason, good will, and sanity. As long as we can think of other alternatives, we are not lost; as long as we can consult together and plan together, we can hope. But, indeed, the shadows are lengthening; the voices of insanity are becoming louder. We are in reach of achieving a state of humanity which corresponds to the vision of our great teachers; yet we are in danger of the destruction of all civilization, or of robotization.

- Erich Fromm, The Sane Society (1955)

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