Unfortunately, the premise is wrong. The marginal cost will be driven to cheap or free, absolutely. But given the historical behavior of corporations, why do you think the actual price will? For example, look at the out of patent drugs that cost pennies to make where doses were $1 brought up to the hundreds or thousands when another use seemed likely.
My thought exactly. The core premise of this article is actually thousands of years old, but has never held true. The unfortunate fact is that technological advancement usually brings poverty in its wake.
But then, I also refuse to fear a robot-run future. There are still plenty of people who want handcrafted products, who will continue building a counter-economy to the robot-centric corporate nightmare. We need to push for more of that artisan culture! (One of many reasons I boycott Amazon and avoid online retailers in favor of local businesses.)
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Unfortunately, the premise is wrong. The marginal cost will be driven to cheap or free, absolutely. But given the historical behavior of corporations, why do you think the actual price will? For example, look at the out of patent drugs that cost pennies to make where doses were $1 brought up to the hundreds or thousands when another use seemed likely.
My thought exactly. The core premise of this article is actually thousands of years old, but has never held true. The unfortunate fact is that technological advancement usually brings poverty in its wake.
But then, I also refuse to fear a robot-run future. There are still plenty of people who want handcrafted products, who will continue building a counter-economy to the robot-centric corporate nightmare. We need to push for more of that artisan culture! (One of many reasons I boycott Amazon and avoid online retailers in favor of local businesses.)