nationsourcing
Original: nationsourcing on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with reddish hair (speaker): "More and more jobs are being automated."
Panel 2:
Man (speaker): "The result is that most wealth is held by just a few people."
Panel 3:
Man (speaker): "Meanwhile, science tells us that crowds of people will be better at offering predictive powers than smart individuals."
Panel 4:
Man (speaker): "Thus, our new program! The great mass of people would be offered the ability to offer their opinion on a situation a rich person is in."
Panel 5:
Man (speaker): "By this means, nobody is out of work, and the rich make better choices!"
Woman (speaker): "Question: is this a horrifying dystopia?"
Panel 6:
Man (speaker): "Just a moment. I'm going to have the entire population of Scotland tell me how to reply."
Panel 7:
A small figure stands at a podium in a darkened auditorium before a large screen.
Figure on screen: "Well..."
Panel 8:
Figure on screen: "I can't tell if they're calling me the C-word or telling me to use it."
Votey:
The flag of Scotland (the Saltire: a white diagonal cross on a blue field). Handwritten across the center: "The C-word"
Man with reddish hair (speaker): "More and more jobs are being automated."
Panel 2:
Man (speaker): "The result is that most wealth is held by just a few people."
Panel 3:
Man (speaker): "Meanwhile, science tells us that crowds of people will be better at offering predictive powers than smart individuals."
Panel 4:
Man (speaker): "Thus, our new program! The great mass of people would be offered the ability to offer their opinion on a situation a rich person is in."
Panel 5:
Man (speaker): "By this means, nobody is out of work, and the rich make better choices!"
Woman (speaker): "Question: is this a horrifying dystopia?"
Panel 6:
Man (speaker): "Just a moment. I'm going to have the entire population of Scotland tell me how to reply."
Panel 7:
A small figure stands at a podium in a darkened auditorium before a large screen.
Figure on screen: "Well..."
Panel 8:
Figure on screen: "I can't tell if they're calling me the C-word or telling me to use it."
Votey:
The flag of Scotland (the Saltire: a white diagonal cross on a blue field). Handwritten across the center: "The C-word"
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. A man with reddish hair explains a plan across several panels: more and more jobs are being automated, so most wealth is held by just a few people. Meanwhile, science says crowds predict better than smart individuals. So his new program lets the great mass of people offer their opinion on a situation a rich person is in. This way nobody is out of work and the rich make better choices. A woman asks, "Question: is this a horrifying dystopia?" The man says, "Just a moment. I'm going to have the entire population of Scotland tell me how to reply." In the final panels, a small figure stands at a podium before a giant screen in a dark auditorium. The screen reads "Well..." then "I can't tell if they're calling me the C-word or telling me to use it." Votey: the flag of Scotland (a white diagonal cross on blue) with "The C-word" handwritten across the center, implying the crowd's profane reply.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.