as that home-assistant robot will no doubt be ubiquitous in the workforce - what the fuck are we going to do with our selves, with our time

The delicious irony here. Those who advocate for a UBI while robots do the physical labour often say we can turn to doing the creative things we enjoy, yet much of this can also now be done by AI and where is the point if it doesn't feel like it's even contributing much to the lives of others. One might suggest that it's meant to just be about whether it makes you happy, but the fact that we are communal animals inevitably means that other's enjoyment or need for our contributions in life also affect that happiness. Besides, why do so many people think no-one enjoys doing manual labour and want robots to do that for them? I actually enjoy making a difference with my hands and the physical activity that comes with it.

Art is an interesting conundrum. Not only is beauty in the eye of the beholder the concept of the importance of that beauty will also vary from person to person. For example I love to see art that I find attractive or drawn to, but I find it hard to justify paying out for something if it doesn't serve a purpose. I'll enjoy it displayed somewhere else, but not need to take it home. Our crockery has been chosen because we liked it's appearance, but we have few pictures on the walls and next to no ornaments because they would require dusting and shelves to display them and clutter gets stressful. Yet other's practically collect ornaments and other artwork to the point where there's so much on display it's just noise to me at this point and no one item can be singled out for full enjoyment. A client's fiance recently moved in with him and brought her display cases with her collections of collections. So many things are broken, furniture included, but they still hold value for her, even a glued back together pottery toilet roll holder with chunks missing. I think that even if you bought her new, intact things to replace them she'd still keep hold of the damaged ones and just add the new things in. The house is now so full they've moved the mattress into the living room to sleep and all 3 bedrooms are veritable storage rooms. There are pictures stacked against the walls in the passageway waiting to find places on the walls and the display cases are so chock-a-block with ornaments it's hard to see anything individually. I don't understand it at all, but she loves each and every piece and will happily tell anyone who'll listen (or not listen) all about it. I accidentally broke one of her glasses one day, so I offered to replace it with some Coca Cola glasses we had from someone else. We didn't really like the design of them, so it was an opportunity to get rid of them. My client accepted the offer saying that his fiance collects Coke glasses. These glasses are now in a display cabinet not even being used like the glass I broke. She hadn't even noticed that glass had gone missing, but I think she'd notice if anything went missing from her collections.

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