Robots, A.I., & Tech --> Future Co-op Culture

#213: A Quick Look
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Worried about losing your job to a robot? Annoyed at all the disembodied voices and CCTV cameras in public spaces?  Disturbed by a mindless corporate America?  If you aren't already concerned, you soon may be.

But, there's a way that algorithms, robots and artificial intelligence (A.I.) can actually bring about the things we want.  Here's the scenario:

Arrange public policy to encourage a creative, co-op culture.

As robots, A.I. and tech reduce the need for labor, creative careers open up.

We can thus look forward to automation.

The required building blocks for the above scenario would likely include:

1. A hefty corporate tax
2. A secure safety net (financial, medical, educational)
3. Tax breaks for co-ops and residential businesses, including farmers/ranchers who live on and farm their own land
4. Overall equalization (opportunity for everyone)
5. Military and 'corporate welfare' spending re-directed to 'pay for'
6. Vigorous enforcement of current and enhanced anti-monopoly legislation to encourage smaller, worker-owned businesses with local roots.

So, for every 100 factory workers laid off--due to robotics A.I., etc., there'd be, say, 70 new positions in local, worker-owned businesses, 5 early retirees (the well-enough-off), and another 25 creative entrepreneurs and the jobs they create.

This is a bird's eye view.  Here's a link to the details.  Suffice it to say that a populist, grass-roots political roadmap that promises equal opportunity, worker-owned, local businesses, and a secure safety net, could unite a large political majority.