Tessa Fights Robots (Philosophy, Health, Spirit)

Tessa Fights Robots (Philosophy, Health, Spirit)

When No One Can Work, What Will We Do?

A peek into the future

Tessa
May 31, 2023
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Human feelings don’t matter
Unless bringing them up
Suits the invisible man.
Then it’s okay —
And even encouraged.

Human sickness
Is collateral damage
Unless transformed
Into selling points
For the invisible man.

Poisoned rivers, stolen soil, tarnished souls, broken spirits,
Talking points, talking points, talking points, talking points…

Nothing’s real—
Unless it’s marked for consumption
By the…

Expel the invisible man.
Expel the invisible man.
Expel the invisible man.

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This story is about my prediction for what’s going to happen in the next ten years—and how to live through it up straight. I want to focus on a particular aspect of the problem, namely, the seemingly inevitable massive decline in physical health, cognitive function,  and ability / desire to use one’s brain and agency to “work.”

The topic is bigger than life and we really have to talk about our entir…

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