Nerd.
Nerd.
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Link to the OC: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/540
It's a great series
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@TrackShovel sharing without credit is bad though https://existentialcomics.com/comic/540
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This dragon would be a very good museum curator if he wasn't currently dying.
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He's actually fine, look at how tiny that sword is compared to his chest.
He's pretending to lose because this world is wayyyy behind the curve on starting the industrial revolution and he's trying to trick their primitive oligarchy into realizing fundamental economic truths.
Like, obviously a knight cant kill a dragon if you think about it, right? Metal isn't going to stop fire breath and if something that outweighs you a hundred times over hits you you're not going to survive it.
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Tell that to this fly thats withstood my meaty slaps and keeps coming back for more.
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Thats fantastic.
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This is gold... wait!
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Existential comics is the best.
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"What you need are machines to free up labor"
Clankers?
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I'm currently thinking of the scene in Futurama where Bender (the robot) lies on the couch and mourns "oh if we only had some kind of machine that does the work for us". Very ironic. What if robots gain some basic pride and demand basic rights, including limited work times and such? Who does the work for them?
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Its a funny episode. But its a false dichotomy.
Robots with sapience are granted rights and don't make refrigerators or vacuum cleaners capable of abstract thinking and feelings. I'm looking at you Samsung. Washing machines and microwave ovens do no need to be "smart"
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Almost everybody. People will realize, wrongly as some may argue, that the abolition of slavery was a mistake.
Not that I agree, but the need will drive morality, like not going vegan or keeping up Neocolonialism.
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Tbh, if AI was freeing up labour and people would still get the same pay without having to work, nobody would complain. The issue is that people who's work got "freed up" don't get paid.
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"Fuck the G-ride i want the machines that are makin em"
A properly managed gold horde can be used to invest in infrastructure to increase income. But these assholes will just spend it on useless bullshit and invading their neighbors because nobles lack the education to manage their wealth.
You can only invest, if there is other people who actually make shit, and are willing to give it to you in exchange for gold.