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Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced. - Digit is a humanoid bipedal robot from Agility Robotics. (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At that point we'll finally have to give up on capitalism, we'll employ a UBI for everyone and live like a retired Picard.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How did the Picard family have an enormous house, and hundreds of acres of land in a socialist society?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You'd be better off asking Gene Roddenberry that. But TNG made it look awesome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It sure did.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It bugged me the Raffi was depicted living in a trailer in the middle of nowhere in Picard, like she had been impoverished by getting kicked out of Starfleet, and complains about Picard having a nicer place. That's not how shit is supposed to work in that world.

Postscarcity would mean that everyone could live in fancy vineyard if they wanted, and Picard just happens to have one with a personal history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Exhibit 97 for why Picard was a terrible show that never should have been made.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So, TBH I don't get the hate. There's goofy bits in every series. I enjoyed it overall.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

There was way too much hand waving in Picard for me, and not nearly enough substance.