Eugine_Nier comments on [SEQ RERUN] Traditional Capitalist Values - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 29 September 2012 06:42:21AM *  2 points [-]

Human service personnel are an obvious status signal, but if the automated solution is 100x cheaper, actual human service personnel is going to end up a luxury good

On the other hand, the wealth said automated solutions will generate means that luxury goods are a lot more affordable.

Edit: The downside is that this means that most jobs will essentially consist of playing status games, I believe the common word for this is decadence.