General Discussion

We most definitely need to ensure that the benefits of AI accrue to everyone. Also, Reich is obviously right that depending on institutions seeing productivity gains and spontaneously sharing them in the form of shorter work weeks would be foolish.

Where Reich tends to go offtrack is when he inevitably drifts to the siren song of "equality" and, in particular, resentment of "inequality." Although those are perfectly, empirically true, they're not useful. We're being distracted by them, missing the forest for the trees. Most people, I would argue, don't want equality. They want sufficiency, a happy life, and for everyone to feel above average (thanks, Garrison Keillor).

We're not going to get that by giving ourselves an occasional rage fix over equality or by "fighting the power." You get a 4-day week by making it a goal and an issue. You get AI as wind beneath the wings of everyone by making it a goal and an issue.

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