Tag: robot
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Why Automation Multiplies the Workforce and Then Moves It Somewhere With Cheaper Electricity A robot is not a worker. It is a capital good with a power cord, and the cord is the part that determines where it gets plugged in. This distinction is the whole argument. The political class in the West has convinced…
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You are already a cyborg. You just don’t notice. The blind man’s cane is not a tool he holds. It is an extension of his senses. The sense of touch transfers from the hand to the tip of the cane, and brain imaging studies show cortical reorganization after the use of assistive devices—the brain redraws…