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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2007-09-20 11:20 am
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2007-09-20 11:20 am
Robot revolution stymied by defective consumers
Current cohort of elderly Japanese don't want robots.
Of course, the people who will make up the elderly by the mid-point of the century aren't the current cohort of elderly, who presumably were young back in the 20s or 30s. Arbitrarily defining "elderly" as 70, the 2050 elderly will be about 20 now and I wonder what that group thinks of robots.
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Of course, the people who will make up the elderly by the mid-point of the century aren't the current cohort of elderly, who presumably were young back in the 20s or 30s. Arbitrarily defining "elderly" as 70, the 2050 elderly will be about 20 now and I wonder what that group thinks of robots.
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I think you can think of appropriate analogies to American politics during our recent flirtation with a one-party state.
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(Anonymous) 2007-09-20 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)Bruce