LPS"In a social economy, we would still care about efficiency, but we would make allowances for human fallibility. Just as we don’t expect perfect efficiency from our lovers, we should not expect it from human teachers, nurses, or baristas."
The Social Solution to Automation by Nicholas Agar - Project Syndicate
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/social-economy-to-overcome-automation-and-loneliness-by-nicholas-agar-2019-03
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The Social Solution to Automation | by Nicholas Agar
In our efficiency-obsessed society, new technologies are deployed with the single-minded objective of boosting productivity and eliminating the need for human labor. But rather than worry about the "end of work," we should be expanding the opportunities for human interactions within the framework of a new social economy.