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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“There are only two industries. This has always been true....There is the industry of things, and the industry of entertainment....After people have the things they need to live, everything else is entertainment. Everything.”
-- Neal Stephenson

We approach a post-scarcity era where machines provide much that we need, and there is diminished need for labor from a great many humans.

But one shudders to think what will pass for "entertainment". The old "knockout game" may be a foretaste.

14 posted on 10/12/2015 6:59:21 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
What will pass for entertainment...


16 posted on 10/12/2015 7:04:21 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: ClearCase_guy

Rollerball!


17 posted on 10/12/2015 7:04:31 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: ClearCase_guy

Your observation deserves somber meditation.

I’m series.


18 posted on 10/12/2015 7:05:21 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
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