[nonostantement] #1 - thinking slowky/why are you smart and not rich?/machines vs capitalism

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The last message Stephen Hawking posted during a Reddit AMA:

If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.

From a post by Mantellini (in Italian):

Io credo invece che gli intellettuali esistano – io li ho visti – e che siano sempre più ai margini, sconosciuti ai più: usualmente sostituiti nella reputazione pubblica da una vasta schiera di parvenu della cultura e dell’arte. Il loro posto è semplicemente occupato, il loro lavoro ha smesso – da tempo – di creare valore per la società intera.

that's it for now.