r/singularity7h agoenergy 91

What's your plan for surviving in the post-jobs world?

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A lot of people here are on the singularity hype train... But what's your plan to survive long enough to see its destination? To talk about my own situation, I am 25 and I got laid off in June because of AI. I was fortunate enough to have worked a relatively high-paying job (I entered the workforce when I was 19), so I have built some financial moat. Since being laid off, I have been doing contract work, but I am thinking of starting a business. The thing is, even that I don't expect to last beyond a year or two, given how things are going. Once the average person is out of income, most of the common person economy is done for, there will be no customers left. So I am just gonna make as much money as I can during this phase of transition. But what will I do when the time eventually comes? Maybe I will use my capital to build a solar-powered farm and be self-sufficient? Maybe I will buy land with some resource that I can then exchange with the rich for basic goods? Whatever scenario I imagine, the same roadblock is hit... If things get so bad, times won't be peaceful anymore. How will I or anyone be able to protect their resources? There will be just the few rich people with enough

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