[warent]

Equating “business” to “profound human intimacy” might be one of the most HackerNews comments of all time

[igor47]

Jobs aren't just business. Humans derive a lot of meaning from being useful and valued.

[swat535]

> Jobs aren't just business. Humans derive a lot of meaning from being useful and valued.

No one is feeling useful or valued working a double shift at Walmart in order to put food on the table.

Feeling useful and valued can come from other means such as caring for the elderly and doing volunteer work.

Majority of people work to simply survive because without it, they would end up homeless and hungry.

[eli_gottlieb]

For most people, most of the time, jobs are a lot closer to "just business" than "marital intimacy".

[warent]

You’re right and validating the point.

A specific part of GP’s comment keeps getting overlooked:

  So the problem isn't robots, it's the structure of how we humans rely on jobs for income.

Humans being forced to trade time for survival, money, and the enrichment of the elite, is a bug. We are socially conditioned to believe it’s a feature and the purpose.

Nobody is saying robots should replace human connection and expression

Edit: tone

[melagonster]

People cannot find new jobs so quickly. They will starve and probably die. This is more like the right of having life.

[beeflet]

I think you overstate the profundity. And like business it is a market and much of the same rules apply.

If you disagree, feel free to argue your point instead of just scoffing at the idea.

[mmaunder]

Sex, garbage collection, it’s all the same on HN.

[SkyeCA]

My job is more important than intimacy. Intimacy won't keep me warm, or fed.

[dmd]

If intimacy doesn’t keep you warm you might be doing something wrong.