Robots Lead To Boredom
Robotics will be more present in the lives of humans in the near future. Factories, stores, supermarkets, auto-operated cars and surgical operations almost completely made by robots are already something real and far from science fiction. This causes much concern to sociologists, psychologists, religious unions, trade unions and many other people because the number of jobs can be drastically reduced.
According to data from the World Bank, the proportion of jobs threatened by automation is 69% in India, 77% in China and up to 85% in Ethiopia. Some important proposals have come up to solve this problem.
One of the most important proposals is from Bill Gates, he has proposed to create a tax on robots that allows to distribute the wealth generated by them in a more equitable way. Another is from Mark Zuckerberg who proposes the creation of a universal and equal wage for each human.
The wealth created by the robots will be so great that the creation of this universal wage seems possible. This will allow all humans to have sufficient income to live comfortably but what will happen when people work only a few hours a week? Here are some opinions:
If boredom is associated with depression, it can be inferred that people who are bored frequently are more likely to suffer heart attacks due to the release of certain dangerous hormones that are generated in those states by forcing cardiac functioning.
Dr. Daniel López Rosetti, president of the Argentine Society of Stress Medicine, says that being healthy means having the right level of stress which means having a normal level of enthusiasm for life and the desire to live. He calls hypostress the constant state of boredom and lack of interest in things. López Rosetti also states that depression is related to boredom because it has the same symptoms such as sadness, melancholy, pessimism and a level of pathological stress.
Laziness is the most “metaphysical” of capital sins since it refers to the inability to accept and take charge of oneself.
The idea of a society full of general well-being is attractive in our current world of inequalities, poverty and violence, but it can cause many problems in the human psyche and behavior.
