Steemit as an Utopy, robots and Luis Borges
Today I came across the following quote;
Tengo un cuento que se titula Utopía de un hombre que está cansado, en el que se supone que todo hombre se dedica a la música, que todo hombre es su propio Brahms; que todo hombre se dedica a la literatura, que todo hombre es su propio Shakespeare.
The translation should read like this;
I have a story called Utopy about a man who is tired, which is apparently about a man who dedicates himself to Music, where everybody is their own Brahms, where every man is into literature, where everybody is their own Shakespeare.
With automation, A.I. and robotics, in general, we may be living soon in a world where most of us will be redundant for the economy. Let's say a viable solution is that Corporations who use robots or software related tools, have to pay a tax on every FTH replacement (Full-time head).
In that case for every ten productive workers laid off, 2.5 will be paid by the employer to the Government or decentralized fund to cover the missed income. If possible, the government would also dedicate part of their resources (Central Bank printing) into a UBI (Universal Basic Income).
Either Utopian or Dystopian, this could be a world where either we or our next in kind will live pretty soon. Boston Dynamics, Tesla,
So, I come back to Borges, was he a visionary of those times? On his eyes, a “Utopia,” a world where the amount of leisure time would allow many to reach their maximum capacity in a specific Art of life.
Is funny, because I may now be writing in what could be that same Art of mine in the future, considering I am already creating an income and developing this skill. While I spend most of my free time discovering this platform, I could also be setting a previous path for an alternative income while doing one of the things I love the most.
Maybe Borges was not too far away from that future, where many people will live as only those from really wealthy families have reached before, a passive income World that let Aristocratic families raise geniuses. Genuity many times is not about a higher IQ from the individual, but the nurture of several different soft skills which allow people to exploit their capabilities at a much higher level.
I have read many people saying; there are no ugly people, only poor people. Being cynical about how lack of resources impact in the way others see and accept us. I could say that there is no stupid people; just people with fewer opportunities to whom education was out of reach.
Steemit may be a founding stone for a world like this; yet is to be seen. And Borges who saw so much through the eyes of wisdom, paradoxically lost his vision close to his death, maybe to open them to that which is not to be seen by the physical sight.
Let's keep building together this Utopy of Steem.
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Always nice to see somebody who knows who Borges is. Arguably the 20th century's most important writer.
Automation could be a key to ending mundane and useless jobs. Instead it will be a way to remove 'excess' from the economy. Proletarians left redundant by capitalism will be cast aside.
I imagine scenarios of guarded enclaves of the rich, while the poor are excluded and live on the outskirts. The film Elysium, in this regard, was horrifying in its potential realism.
Automation really is key for the future. But it's about who controls that automation. Tragically, it will be used for capitalist profit and not liberation.
It comes to my mind many films, but mainly some of the scenarios presented by Ray Bradbury. Is amazing that things I use to read as a teenie now are coming into life, and those were written in the 50's. The chapter about VR and AR from Black Mirror on Netflix is also a good one.
Indeed, there will be much more than know left aside, and that is the biggest danger for all, both wealthy and poor. The basis of the current capitalism was people selling their workforce for capital. Now, if you do not even have that to sell, then what else?
I like also antropoligic legends, like Atlantis, Lemur and so. According to those we have already lived in similar worlds, and the solution was to provide everybody with enough resources to survive and develop their hobbies. Jesus, I could talk on this for years, such an interesting subject.
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everything is possible, even start to grow into reality. everything seems so close right now..
Exactly!!! There is a phrase from another writer, Eduardo Galeano, which says;
"Utopy is in the Horizon. I walk two steps, she moves two steps backwards and the horizon moves another ten steps more. Then, what are Utopies good for? Precisely for that, to keep walking"
Looks like in this case our Utopy could be closer, with also a high risk to turning into a Black Mirror.
So true my friend, keep walking as long as you don' t stop
Woww very nice, amazing robot, I am followed you @santana33
Thanks Mulyadi, good luck in Steem!!!
Borges would say," Seguro"
A "Connaisseur" here I see ;-) now others can know the face of a master before googling it. Cheers!
Im a little bit scarred.
About the possible future?
I get what cement3 means lol. You have such a wonderful, positive outlook in thinking about the possibility of a utopia being achieved. Whereas, in the alternative, a resulting dystopia could also be possible. I prefer your outlook but oftentimes find myself thinking about a robot future where human work is rendered meaningless...
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I think when robots takes over production, the previous workers will still be on payrole, just with the tasks as fixing the machines, but thats only in the start. Never heard of Borges before now, very interesting.
I like pretty much the exoskeleton approach of some assembly lines in the US, they keep workers and turn them into machine assisted operators, taking care of their help and improving productivity.
I am happy you know Borges now :)
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anytime, yep you got me googling ;)
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