So in your hypothetical, the best choice is for the CEO to continue paying 10,000 people for doing work that is apparently no longer necessary, basically as charity?

LEMM.EE is actually fewest pixels

Wouldn’t it be great to carve out a space for ”Lemmy" there?

I’m a bit libertarian leaning myself, but I do believe capitalism requires moral constraints on external, societal costs that are not included in market forces (e.g. environmental pollution).

In short, capitalism’s greatest benefit it is also it’s greatest issue: it delivers most efficiently exactly what people want, but without any evaluation whether those wants are beneficial.

Adding to others: Mountain biking, camping, hiking, rc planes, model rocketry, travel, fishing

Or get into a niche intellectual or academic endeavor: finance, investing, philosophy, what is truth, of course light-heartedly (/s)

To add, I think ebikes will be much more commonplace commuting wise. They’re already fairly affordable.

Absolutely agree. I haven’t used it myself but hearing it describes makes me think theyve made a categorical defining product, much like the iPhone was to smartphones.