RE: Robotic nation

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 17:44:51 MDT

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    Brendan wrote:
    > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 01:42:23PM -0700, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
    >
    >>>
    >> ### They go to the store, buy a robot, and ask it to work on their
    >> behalf. In other words, they invest their capital, instead of their
    >> labor. Since the return on their capital is higher than the return
    >> on their labor (obvious - they can't sell their labor because it's
    >> too expensive compared to the labor of a robot), they end up being
    >> richer than before, in absolute material terms, at least as a
    >> first-order effect.
    >>
    >> Where they get the capital to invest is a different issue altogether.
    >>
    > No shit. So what is your suggestion?

    ### Massively progressive inheritance tax is collected from dead people, and
    distributed evenly as a dowry at maturity, giving everybody a level playing
    field.

    Rafal



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