tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474092134844772018.post4297633367604858576..comments2023-08-09T04:24:44.576-07:00Comments on musicpoliticsreligion: Automation and Utopia - The End of JobsChristian Asplundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09358294123858888559noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474092134844772018.post-64869439175525061172009-08-01T23:09:50.038-07:002009-08-01T23:09:50.038-07:00I have spent a few minutes reading your blog, and ...I have spent a few minutes reading your blog, and I am really interested in your thoughts. We could sit down and talk one day about this things.<br /><br />I agree that we need more creative work than competitive. I think we are moving on that direction. I am a fan of technology and it is amazing how many things are being created every day.<br /><br />The main human motivation is self interest. That is why capitalism, though not perfect, works so well in the realm of our human fallen natures. If you read Torqueville, you will see how amazed he was to see how self interest in America was creating a cooperative society. The baker, in his own self-interest of keeping the costumer's business, would make great bread and pastries and innovate with new recipes and ideas.<br /><br />The wealthier you are, the more the economy grows. Wealth gives moral people a chance to help the down trodden. The rich people being poor doesn't make the poor rich. Remember the Great Depression? Liberals would like you to think that, and love to make rich people feel guilty because it is immoral. But how many charities and how many people are helped because of the immoral rich folks? A lot more than are helped by Government. <br /><br />As far as jobs, they will come back if the Government gets out of the people's backs. The U.S. has not been a pure capitalist nation since the beginning of the last century. Government regulations at the manufacturing, technology and creative level are destructive. The role of Government is to ensure fair competition. That's it.Felipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08528853332647104605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474092134844772018.post-7283828788365994992009-06-17T13:47:45.853-07:002009-06-17T13:47:45.853-07:00I think I agree. I guess I think what is needed i...I think I agree. I guess I think what is needed is more creative work rather than competitive work.Christian Asplundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358294123858888559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474092134844772018.post-32748572570283672202009-06-17T07:43:27.105-07:002009-06-17T07:43:27.105-07:00Hey, I know you don't know me, but I think you...Hey, I know you don't know me, but I think you know my sister....<br /><br />Anyway, I had to comment on this post because I disagree :-)...<br /><br />I think there is plenty of work that really needs to be done in this new high-tech world we live in. But so much more of that work is harder mentally than it used to be, requiring more specialized training...<br /><br />But I hear all the time how we need more money for say cancer research... Or how we don't have enough teachers or nurses... <br /><br />I look in my neighborhood and wish we had more architects and skilled craftsman around..<br /><br />Or I listen to our president talk about how we need new cleaner forms of energy with all of the potential infrastructure required to support that. Or much work our infrastructure needs.<br /><br />But I agree with your implication that we probably need more help from our government.<br /><br />This notion that the markets unmanaged can keep everyone doing useful work is wrong...<br /><br />Instead we end up with a lot of people doing work that's no good for anyone - building an endless see of bland neighborhoods pushing city boundaries to their outermost limits, or a finance industry charging exhorbitent fees moving money from one account to another producing nothing but bubbles.<br /><br />That has got to be fixed.tempe turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906350838729139212noreply@blogger.com