The "iEverything" and the Redistributional Imperative [[Article)

[MizMotown]

The “iEverything” and the Redistributional Imperative

Monday, March 16, 2015



It’s now possible to sell a new product to hundreds of millions of people without needing many, if any, workers to produce or distribute it.
At its prime in 1988, Kodak, the iconic American photography company, had 145,000 employees. In 2012, Kodak filed for bankruptcy.




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[Jimaz]

That story's going to get buried over there. Here's a direct link that should last longer:

The “iEverything” and the Redistributional Imperative

[coracle]

The growing dependency on the non wok needed to obtain stuff has been going on for years. We're already up tp 97 Million.practicing it. This is just the latest innovation than further puts the onus on the dwindling pool that work to support those that don't.