we dont chain people to a farm and force them to work there. they work there because its the best option for them.

we dont have the technology to fully automate rice farms. and even if they did, it would cost insane amounts of money to build and upkeep.

capitalism makes better systems pervail. once robotics is the better system, it will come into being.

how about you answer my point? why do you think reducing human labor would make the world any better? why do you think people reading conspiracy theories and mmorpg's online all day is better then an honest day's work?

xeno, still no response to me?

> xeno syndicated wrote:

> What is magical about a fully-automated rice farm?  The technology to have it is already available.  Why don't we have robots freeing rice-pickers to do some other form of labor?  We have used robots to free welders.

Why haven't we freed starving subsistence farmers with robot technology?

I think the answer is because of our vision of how the economy should run.  Our vision is that in order for our economy to function, we need to have a large portion of the population living in poverty.  The economic system we have developed depends on there being poverty.

However, this is a fallacy.  Our way of life needs not be supported by exploitation of subsistence workers; our way of life needs not depend on human slavery.

Where did we get this idea, I wonder?

I'd just like to see a change in trend to free the subsistence laborers of the world with robots, freeing them to pursue a better life.

we dont chain people to a farm and force them to work there. they work there because its the best option for them.

we dont have the technology to fully automate rice farms. and even if they did, it would cost insane amounts of money to build and upkeep.

capitalism makes better systems pervail. once robotics is the better system, it will come into being.

how about you answer my point? why do you think reducing human labor would make the world any better? why do you think people reading conspiracy theories and mmorpg's online all day is better then an honest day's work?

> Han wrote:

> And what do I have to do around here to get negative tag points, god knows I've tried for 6 years now.

negative tag points are obtained by getting on good terms with the moderators. its basically a brown nosing reward. if you help everyone out and dont get friendly with the mods you get a posetive point tag, if you help everyone out while giving arsy a BJ, you get a "cool" negative tag.

v.kemp, if you expect everyone to have the capabilities i have, you're going to be disappointed all the time.

well, i never claimed that Einstein also wasnt Swiss, now did i?

im not sure what its like atm, but acouple years ago, the US civilians spent more per capita on charity then any other nation. also, maybe americans shy away from aiding 3rd world countries because most of the time some warlord hordes the aid and it does no good?

but you dutchies should be proud of aiding warlords that oppress impoverished people more then anyone else

what is and isnt a good job is what society tells us is and isnt a good job. society tells everyone the noblest job is to be a machine mechanic and there would be plenty that would want to do it.

but a world where no one has to work isnt my idea of progress. i also, would prefer the idiots, the masses, to be kept busy with work rather then reading conspiracy theories on the web all day or playing an mmorpg.

typical of someone of gladiator's maturity. it actually mentions what he says in the news report, but ofcoarse gladiator's attention span isnt great enough to listen for a whole two minutes...

who builds the robots?

> Schniepel wrote:

>Now claiming all his discoveries were made by an american is just not correct
while he did those discoveries he was not. they had been based on european education and culture.

how so? the discoveries were made by someone who was an American.... he died an American was Einstein an American? yes. did he invent the current understanding of gravity? yes; an american invented the current understanding of gravity. the rest isnt relevant.

the english invented a flawed idea about gravity. einstein, an american invented how gravity really works.

lol