Don't talk like a perpetual labor machine wouldn't be awesome if you had it.

You just want to make sure you have it, and not your boss using it against you.

There was a reason why the phrase "perpetual" was used, to invoked how unrealistic perpetual energy machines are and how futile it is for the human race to chase such dreams.

How many tens of trillions of capital have been incinerated in reducing the quality of life for workers compared to actually uplifting them?

	▲	Legend2440 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, you'll need energy inputs, you're not going to beat thermodynamics. But we're not capturing even 0.01% of available energy yet, there's a lot of room to grow. Industrial capitalism has been fantastic for quality of life. Here I am sitting in an air-conditioned office browsing HN during a workday, instead of slaving away in the fields as a peasant farmer. I'll take more automation please.