tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post6695742226195567037..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "Doom-laden Carney warns middle classes will be 'hollowed out' by new technology"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-75029025561635005952016-12-08T11:15:37.182+00:002016-12-08T11:15:37.182+00:00Brilliant, as soon as Carney says something sensib...Brilliant, as soon as Carney says something sensible all the Georgists cluster around saying "We're not really radical; we believe in only a tiny little tax change. Please don't say we don't understand Economics.Please! Sob!."<br /> We are going to have to confront technological redundancy and that requires people to be fitted up with the money to buy stuff as the machines have taken their jobs. <br />Major Douglas sorted this out 100 years ago; it gave rise to a major political movement (Social Credit); "1984" was the dystopian vision of a world do everything possible to avoid giving out cash.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-90842460225882855212016-12-07T22:29:13.726+00:002016-12-07T22:29:13.726+00:00Ben Jamin'
There are many people more clever ...Ben Jamin'<br /><br />There are many people more clever that Bill Gates, not just French philosophers...dustyblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032381020404935256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-57096229120863850642016-12-07T22:27:32.531+00:002016-12-07T22:27:32.531+00:00L Fairfax, I strongly disagree.
A ZX81 would be s...L Fairfax, I strongly disagree.<br /><br />A ZX81 would be sufficient.dustyblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032381020404935256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-40433845360250700482016-12-07T16:42:20.150+00:002016-12-07T16:42:20.150+00:00Haven't people been saying the same thing for ...Haven't people been saying the same thing for hundreds of years?<br /><br />Administrative jobs do not add to our stock of wealth and happiness. They are a necessary cost. If they become unnecessary because of technology or a LVT radically simplifies our tax code, then thats a good thing.<br /><br />Perhaps Carney believes we should all go around breaking windows, etc, etc benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-76812855553010587652016-12-07T13:33:04.469+00:002016-12-07T13:33:04.469+00:00Since when was it part of the role of the Gov to b...Since when was it part of the role of the Gov to be the rich man's George Monbiot? Did they give the value of his residence? Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-16721433275091998742016-12-07T12:46:32.544+00:002016-12-07T12:46:32.544+00:00Sounds like I did the right thing getting into loc...Sounds like I did the right thing getting into local government bureaucracy then. I think it will be a good while before robots become better than humans at making up excuses.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-21016465797077231462016-12-07T11:26:08.610+00:002016-12-07T11:26:08.610+00:00I have often wondered why Marvin from Hitchhikers ...I have often wondered why Marvin from Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy was never made Governor of the Bank of England. He would have done better than any of them in managing the economy. As for "will be"; Carney is rather late it is already happening.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-30126862809853065322016-12-07T11:04:31.460+00:002016-12-07T11:04:31.460+00:00An AI possibly could do a better job as the Govern...An AI possibly could do a better job as the Governor of the bank of England.L fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274756119129254373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-18322180284197488092016-12-07T10:32:47.725+00:002016-12-07T10:32:47.725+00:00Funny. I thought Carney was already a robot. His...Funny. I thought Carney <i>was already</i> a robot. His spoutings are certainly mechanistic.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.com