Automation doesn't choose between freedom and inequality; we do
VraserX · x · 2026-08-21
This post discusses the two potential futures of a post-labor society: incredible freedom or extreme inequality. The author argues that automation itself does not choose between these outcomes, but rather that the choice is ours to make.
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