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Synthetase | 13 years ago

Human wants are a bottomless pit. Even if we automate every single industry, people will still want something else. There is always an angle.

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enjo|13 years ago

Hell you don't even need an angle, every few years you'll see the same angle come back around.

Look at imgur, which is really a better version of the original photobucket, tinypic, whatever came before that.

I have no doubt we'll see instagram #2 in a couple of years.

rhizome|13 years ago

The Red Queen Syndrome says that as problems are solved, further problems reveal themselves.

AznHisoka|13 years ago

So this explains why even though we've had so much technical innovation in past 40 years, work hours have not decreased dramatically? Humans are such assholes

xal|13 years ago

They haven't changed for the most productive people. They have certainly been reduced for unskilled labor.

ImprovedSilence|13 years ago

ha! This is the most brilliant and inspirational thing I have ever read on Hacker News. I'm printing your gem of a quote out and plastering it above my computer!

eli_gottlieb|13 years ago

But the returns of utility and money on satisfying those wants diminish.