NYT Calls For “Fully Automated Luxury Communism”
By: _Dan Robitzsk June 11, 2019 One For All Lab-grown meat could feed the world. Renewable energy could power it. Automation could save us from mind-numbing jobs. But only if capitalism is replaced with a form of communism that deploys these technologies to the benefit of the many. At least, that’s the argument in a […]
Uber Air announces Melbourne as trial city for flying taxi service
By: Lisa Martin June 11, 2019 Melbourne will be the first city outside the US to host trials of Uber Air, a service the company describes as “aerial ridesharing” that will shuttle people from rooftop to rooftop for the price of an UberX. The company has flagged test flights will begin next year, with commercial […]