> When the machines can do everything else, our relationships will be what’s left.
I think I saw this posted already and I still didn't read all of it, but this was not really what I thought of when there's no external work needed
There's still a lot of things that can't be outsourced to machines, like exercise, or building one's mental capabilities
I'd also think this would enable more people to spend a lot more of their day in prayer like literal Christian monks as prayer is another thing than the machines cannot do
"The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe." - Douglas Adams
erelong · · focus · HN ↗
I think I saw this posted already and I still didn't read all of it, but this was not really what I thought of when there's no external work needed
There's still a lot of things that can't be outsourced to machines, like exercise, or building one's mental capabilities
I'd also think this would enable more people to spend a lot more of their day in prayer like literal Christian monks as prayer is another thing than the machines cannot do
bwestergard · · focus · HN ↗