The (unspoken?) goal is to do my laundry - and all the other domestic tasks, because that’s where human satisfaction can be unleashed
Give me a moment
1. All economics / markers of value are about human happiness / satisfaction - we claim it’s money but it’s only given a value by humans who want it.
2. As soon as people get rich enough they outsource their domestic tasks - hire a maid or a cook, or buy ready meals.
3. In the western world companies over past fifty years got a free boost as women joined the labour force, and essentially companies were paying one guy the cost of a household now they pay two people the cost of household getting twice the workers for same price.
4. So most households have lost 35 hours a week, and also still have same amount of domestic duties to do
5. As we can’t give everyone a maid we might be able to give everyone a robot maid.
6. Most innovations / technologies find their way into homes - from bricks to heating to electricity we invent it and eventually find a way to make our lives more comfortable - see the point about economics is just humans liking stuff
7. I assumed that real robo maids would be a social shift - ie a different design of washing machine, people eating at other peoples houses every day, anti-dust surfaces. But this one looks … interesting
8. I know this is incredibly western middle class centric - but exactly what else are 6 billon people aiming for?
Where did the economies get a boost when women joined the labor force? In Germany the post-war economic miracle happened mostly without them.
In the beginning of the 1970s, when women did join the labor force in greater numbers, admittedly the macroeconomic conditions were bad (oil crisis), so it is hard to filter that out.
But still, mostly we have more workers, which lowers wages and leads to the creation of more bullshit jobs. To be clear, also men create and perform bullshit jobs!
Now it takes two salaries to finance a house and a family. Great progress.
At the supermarket, I boycott automated self-checkouts even if the lines are long so the nice cashiers keep their jobs.
Give me a moment
1. All economics / markers of value are about human happiness / satisfaction - we claim it’s money but it’s only given a value by humans who want it.
2. As soon as people get rich enough they outsource their domestic tasks - hire a maid or a cook, or buy ready meals.
3. In the western world companies over past fifty years got a free boost as women joined the labour force, and essentially companies were paying one guy the cost of a household now they pay two people the cost of household getting twice the workers for same price.
4. So most households have lost 35 hours a week, and also still have same amount of domestic duties to do
5. As we can’t give everyone a maid we might be able to give everyone a robot maid.
6. Most innovations / technologies find their way into homes - from bricks to heating to electricity we invent it and eventually find a way to make our lives more comfortable - see the point about economics is just humans liking stuff
7. I assumed that real robo maids would be a social shift - ie a different design of washing machine, people eating at other peoples houses every day, anti-dust surfaces. But this one looks … interesting
8. I know this is incredibly western middle class centric - but exactly what else are 6 billon people aiming for?
In the beginning of the 1970s, when women did join the labor force in greater numbers, admittedly the macroeconomic conditions were bad (oil crisis), so it is hard to filter that out.
But still, mostly we have more workers, which lowers wages and leads to the creation of more bullshit jobs. To be clear, also men create and perform bullshit jobs!
Now it takes two salaries to finance a house and a family. Great progress.
At the supermarket, I boycott automated self-checkouts even if the lines are long so the nice cashiers keep their jobs.