Work

***The Google image shows a fulcrum..a balance..between life and work..a cultural and historical split..reminding of Sabbath and workday..work called evil and a scourge..we imagine a history of beast-of-burden-labor for material production..fragmentation of life asserted..in our time AI (artificial intelligence) relieves and absorbs work..nanotechnology and miniaturization reduce scales of production..becoming very small..something from nothing..tending toward transparency..no-work looms..the concerned find inevitable a universal wage provided..introducing the good life..after painful transition..what is the good life..what is time..who are we..what is: I am...***

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