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axlash writes:
It has been reported on X that Niklaus Wirth, inventor and co-inventor of several languages including Pascal, Euler and Oberon died on Jan 1, 2024. He was aged 89.
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axlash writes:
There's a lot of dissatisfaction with governments today, as can be seen by the rise of left-wing parties in Europe, to the rise of non-mainstream political candidates in America. Well, here's a thought — with all the talk of technology replacing jobs, why not have it replace governments, too? The speculates about how "in the near future, government might dramatically shrink — not because of demands by fiscally astute Americans, but because of radical technology." It goes on: "Even the US President could one day be replaced, which—strangely enough—might bring sanity to our election process." The main thrust of the article is essentially about how government jobs will be replaced with technology, although it doesn't say much about whether there'll be technology administering this technology.
