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The Coming Automation Crisis

Artificial Intelligence is not just reshaping jobs — it is shaking the foundations of human dignity. As machines take over both manual and cognitive labor, societies face a hidden crisis: the collapse of recognition. For centuries, work has provided not only income but also identity, self-esteem, and social value. When that link breaks, people turn to social media for validation, only to spiral into isolation and polarization.

Automation, driven by the endless Demand for Recognition (DfR) within capital, risks destroying its own foundation by erasing wages — and thus consumer demand. Yet lessons exist: rural cultures like those in Vietnam show that dignity can be rooted in community and simplicity rather than endless striving, a mindset shaped by tropical abundance rather than temperate scarcity. To avoid collapse, humanity must build new recognition systems, redistribute AI’s gains, and redefine dignity beyond the wage. The true battlefield of the AI age is not technological, but cultural.

September 10, 2025 Form Economy / Analyses / Philosophy

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AI and Unemployment

Artificial Intelligence is not a natural force but a man-made disruption. Tech oligarchs dream of production without labor — capital and machines generating wealth without people. To soften the blow, they promote Universal Basic Income, but always leave the question of funding abstract. This is no accident. By framing unemployment as a “social problem” to be solved by government, they privatize profits and socialize losses.

Like CO₂ pollution, AI-driven unemployment is a form of social pollution. The principle must be clear: the polluter pays. If society accepts the oligarchs’ framing, we risk a new feudalism of capital-only production and human irrelevance. If we resist, we can demand an AI dividend: a rightful share of the wealth created by technology, ensuring not only survival but recognition and dignity in a post-labor age.

September 7, 2025 Collapse Signals / Philosophy

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When the Robots Take Your Job

By 2032, machines may be able to do almost everything better and cheaper than people. Work, once the anchor of wages and recognition, could vanish. Governments might keep citizens alive through universal dividends, but survival is not the real crisis — recognition is. Without work or consumption as proof that we matter, people risk falling into despair, extremism, or digital illusions of fame. Yet this crisis also opens a path: to rediscover that “all you need is less” and that true wealth is not in endless goods but in recognition, belonging, and creation. This may be the time of Eidoism.

May 24, 2025 AI and Eidoism / Form Economy

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When Will Robots Replace All Human Workers?

As the cost of humanoid robots drops below critical thresholds, we approach a tipping point where machines can economically replace all forms of human labor—everywhere on earth. The true revolution begins when robots not only perform work, but also autonomously build and repair each other, unleashing a self-replicating wave of automation. This shift, driven by global market pressures, financial instability, and social unrest, will forever change the balance between capital and labor and force society to confront a future beyond traditional work.

May 9, 2025 AI and Eidoism / Form Economy

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Capital Replacing Labor

A Capitalist Imperative In capitalist economies, businesses are driven by the imperative to maximize profits. Investing in automation, such as humanoid robots, allows companies to reduce labor costs, increase efficiency, and minimize risks associated with human workers. This trend reflects a broader shift where capital increasingly replaces labor, not necessarily to benefit society at large, but to enhance returns on…