“A Peek Inside the Moonshot Factory Operating Manual” @astroteller https://medium.com/@astroteller/a-peek-inside-the-moonshot-factory-operating-manual-f5c33c9ab4d7

Quite interesting. A perspective based on qurrent trends. Teaming of humans and machines far better than pure machines.

Example Toyota replacing robots with humans – robots do not improve processes. Another is a US navy battleship which was supposed to be largely autonomous but ended needing more qualified experts than usually.

“The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future” by Kevin Kelly –

“Here are the Seven Stages of Robot Replacement:
1. A robot/computer cannot possibly do the tasks I do.
2. [Later.] OK, it can do a lot of those tasks, but it can’t do everything I do.
3. [Later.] OK, it can do everything I do, except it needs me when it breaks down, which is often.
4. [Later.] OK, it operates flawlessly on routine stuff, but I need to train it for new tasks.
5. [Later.] OK, OK, it can have my old boring job, because it’s obvious that was not a job that humans were meant to do.
6. [Later.] Wow, now that robots are doing my old job, my new job is much more interesting and pays more!
7. [Later.] I am so glad a robot/computer cannot possibly do what I do now. [Repeat.]”

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Meanwhile, my power meter is made guess where?

John Maynard Keynes, Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren (1930) – “everybody will need to do some work if (s)he is to be contented – three-hour shifts or a fifteen-hour week may put off the problem for a great while. “
Source: https://robotenomics.com/2016/06/22/robots-taking-jobs-maybe-weve-been-thinking-about-this-wrong/

“Automation & The Cotton Gin” @johnolilly https://news.greylock.com/automation-the-cotton-gin-cc12e33dca39

The gin could process cotton so efficiently that more cotton goods could be produced, and it turned out that there was massive latent demand for cotton goods. So while the robots did indeed reduce the reliance on slaves to do the finishing work, they also increased demand for cotton, which resulted in many more cotton fields, and many more slaves to tend them.

“Tesla’s Simple Business Strategy You Can Implement Immediately” @richienorton https://medium.com/life-learning/how-to-use-elon-musks-tesla-business-strategy-to-grow-your-business-and-wealth-c1bd6fbe2d79

“Build Your Own DIY Ocean Research Vessel” @davidtlang https://medium.com/openexplorer-journal/build-your-own-diy-ocean-research-vessel-78df17d626e9