"Let’s start with 18th-century aristocrats. Aristocrats are (typically) rich, which we certainly will be if we have robots capable of all normal nonrelational labor."
I'm curious as to what aspects of modern society suggest anyone here, or the author themselves, will be part of this "we".
The AI backlash is largely a data center backlash (though not entirely).
So Millennials can just do what Boomers and GenX have done and want to do; loot their retirements and wealth and ignore them screaming about it from their hospice bed
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"Let’s start with 18th-century aristocrats. Aristocrats are (typically) rich, which we certainly will be if we have robots capable of all normal nonrelational labor."
I'm curious as to what aspects of modern society suggest anyone here, or the author themselves, will be part of this "we".
Likely because open conflict between 10 of millions of adults is a lose-lose
The last of the firmly 1900s pre-information age mindset are exiting the mortal plane faster and faster
Millennials on down make up the majority and what else are they going to do? They don't have the work the land skills of prior generations
GenX candidates are failing at the voting booth; they're likely to continue to be skipped over: https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/gen-x-ceos-decreasing-baby-bo...
The AI backlash is largely a data center backlash (though not entirely).
So Millennials can just do what Boomers and GenX have done and want to do; loot their retirements and wealth and ignore them screaming about it from their hospice bed