Why do people not want to work?

[jaxs]

Blame George,he's been blamed for most any and everything conceivable that doesn't go right. Oh wait,there's a new wipping boy now,let George rest.

 

[the old grind]

Some bird species puts her Eggs into the nest of another bird, so that bird will use it's energy and resources to further the genetics of the first.

Cowbirds and Cuckoos.

A gal near here raised two sibling step-daughters on their Dad's Soc Sec. She eventually turned 'em loose to find boys with support checks/drugs their parents got them into young to milk the system. As the girls aged-out, she booted both heroin-headed girls while fighting for their drug babies to get checks coming again. (by usual court procedure)

A young friend of mine is one of the baby Daddies, making keeping him upright rather daunting. (between checks & chicks arriving to squander on 'schedule')

Adult lives p__d away and the kids will be lucky if they ever have one. The self-perpetuation oft-mentioned here that lures the lazy to entitled inertia.

 

[Industrial Toys]

And you know how they will all vote. And if I was in their shoes, I would too.


It's telling that maybe the smartest bird of all is called the cuckoo.

With an apparent global downturn in manufacturing and huge financial disasters looming (as nothing was corrected in 08, and things have become much, much worse), these discussions may become obsolete in a hurry.

 

[jjp8182]

... these discussions may become obsolete in a hurry.

Unfortunately I can't disagree with that assessment as I suspect the real questions will eventually become: "just how bad will/can it get?" along with "when?"

While I have my own suspicions as to the answer to those questions, I'd very much like to be very wrong in my thinking on both.....

 

[Jstpssng]

Unfortunately I can't disagree with that assessment as I suspect the real questions will eventually become: "just how bad will/can it get?" along with "when?"

While I have my own suspicions as to the answer to those questions, I'd very much like to be very wrong in my thinking on both.....

We all are hoping that the writing on the wall is just invisible ink.

 

[/pine]

We all are hoping that the writing on the wall is just invisible ink.

It's obvious it's already invisible to some...the thing about "the writing on the wall" is that you have to be able to see it in order to be able to read it...!

 

[the old grind]

Just as experts predicted six of the last two global financial catastrophes, they foresaw the destruction of our society and American way of life all three times since 1980.

It's plain to see that we're doomed, but somebody washed walls around here and I for one don't know how long we've got this time.

 

[/pine]

Just as experts predicted six of the last two global financial catastrophes, they foresaw the destruction of our society and American way of life all three times since 1980.

It's plain to see that we're doomed, but somebody washed walls around here and I for one don't know how long we've got this time.

What makes the big difference now is..."experts" are not and are not going to be making the predictions...AI is and will be...

 

[the old grind]

/, IMO neither will be accurate. ('twould be a first) And life goes on. btw, I can't wait for wee all to get self-driving cars. It's another way we can stay broke making tech companies rich while we're absorbed in our phones and all the channels we can receive. We can ride around in our cars to avoid working and share our lunch menus on spacebook or twitchat.

The 'Good Jobs' will remain in government or on a TV screen. In a country with a dozen sports channels do we rally expect everyone to be paid commensurate with the rigors of their job?

Meanwhile, I'm committed to sticking around to rebuild the Country from the rubble with positive thinking, and prayers that we'll get through these difficult times.

There is one thing that could fix most all of our troubles, if we'd only dare. "Kill all the Humans." _ Bender

 

[/pine]

/, IMO neither will be accurate. ('twould be a first) And life goes on. btw, I can't wait for wee all to get self-driving cars. It's another way we can stay broke making tech companies rich while we're absorbed in our phones and all the channels we can receive. We can ride around in our cars to avoid working and share our lunch menus on spacebook or twitchat.

The 'Good Jobs' will remain in government or on a TV screen. In a country with a dozen sports channels do we rally expect everyone to be paid commensurate with the rigors of their job?

Meanwhile, I'm committed to sticking around to rebuild the Country from the rubble with positive thinking, and prayers that we'll get through these difficult times.

There is one thing that could fix most all of our troubles, if we'd only dare. "Kill all the Humans." _ Bender

Regardless of the popularity of the topic...self driving cars are a lot farther off than a lot of folks seem to think (on public roads anyway)...
The beauty of AI is it is capable of seeing in advance how accurate it can be looking forward...and continually improve exponentially over human intelligence capabilities...

As for the last line of your post...just start with all the lawyers and politicians...and then see where were at...