Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Thomas Friedman's Employment Utopia (Musical Tribute)

October 18, 2011
Imagined in America

We need to focus on “Imagined in America” and “Orchestrated From America” and “Made in America by a smart worker using a phalanx of smarter robots.”

Nothing says job creation like a single smart worker using a phalanx of smarter robots.

Phalanx formation

The phalanx (Ancient Greek: φάλαγξ, Modern Greek: φάλαγγα, phālanga; plural phalanxes or phalanges; Ancient and Modern Greek: φάλαγγες, phālanges) is a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons.

Let's not stop there though. Let's give each smarter robot in the phalanx its own phalanx weapon.



If there is one "smart worker" and many "smarter robots" then wouldn't it stand to reason that the human worker has been made obsolete?

7 comments:

Stagflationary Mark said...

We need to focus on “Imagined in America” and “Orchestrated From America” and “Made in America by a smart worker using a phalanx of smarter robots.”

I've been trying to focus on "Illusion in America" so I couldn't really heckle that part. Go figure.

mab said...

I understand your CONcerns, but I assure you there's no need to panic!

I'm very close to solving the robot/debt slave dilemma. I'll be introducing a new line of robots that not only displace our workers but also CONtinually borrow! And yes, there will be an iPhone(y) app, maybe more than one.

Our eCONomy will be like that George Foreman infomercial - "just set it and forget it!"

Anonymous said...

"...a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons."

Spartacus. I like that movie.

nanute said...

Mark,
Have you heard Herman Caine's version of John Lennon's Imagine?

Stagflationary Mark said...

mab,

What's a human worker worth in the new economy?

Here's the answer!

Stagflationary Mark said...

Anonymous,

I was going to use a clip from the movie "300" but they disabled the embedding option. Sigh.

Stagflationary Mark said...

nanute,

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can