The ideal human society is not one where people are narrowly focused on creating widgets or increasing efficiency, narrowly construed. An ideal human society includes intellectual pursuits. Some of these pursuits do not suit dabblers, they take deep expertise that can only happen from a lifetime of directed effort. We are collectively better off when some value is spent in ways that isn't aimed at maximum efficient allocation.
It's funny, the justification for accelerationism is that people can be paid (UBI) to pursue their passions. On the other hand, we have those that are asking why anyone should be paid for work that isn't economically viable. I suspect we're being sold a load of bullshit.
It's funny, the justification for accelerationism is that people can be paid (UBI) to pursue their passions. On the other hand, we have those that are asking why anyone should be paid for work that isn't economically viable. I suspect we're being sold a load of bullshit.