Alexis Ohanian says robotics will soon level the parental playing field between men and women
Alexis Ohanian says robotics will soon level the parental playing field between men and women
Look, the gender playing field is leveled when women can pee standing up without having to change pants, and it's upended when that device becomes prehensile.
These tech bros just cannot shut the fuck up about this stupid bullshit I swear to god
You know what would actually make parents more present in their children’s lives? Fewer hours at work and more money.
The only people helped by robotics will be people who already have the luxury of: working from home; regular hours; high wage; and good PTO benefits. So, well-off to wealthy people.
Poor people in low-paying jobs won’t be able to afford the robots for a couple generations, anyway. His perspective on this is self-centered. Which, I suppose, is typical of him.
Meh I see the way the kids act, no amount of free time and money will make 90% of these assholes spend time with their kids.
Billionaires: "Someday magic robots will give parents more free time."
People: "What about giving them a reasonable amount of time for parental leave, or letting them work fewer hours, or from home?"
Billionaires: "Wha? Buh? ... OUT OF THE QUESTION!!!"
If you didn’t care about what idiotic bullshit he spouted when he was making the Reddit podcast all about himself, you don’t need to care what idiotic bullshit he’s spouting now. He has a degree in history so he might have informed opinions there.
Instead of robots, I have a more novel proposal: Fathers should be more engaged and present in their children's lives, make time and effort to do so! They can also share in the domestic labor as well, to make sure their wives get a break...As we all know, women are always on the clock when they become mothers. His heart seems kinda in the right place, but the rest of this article screams of a grift in its infancy. An ad to sell a product that nobody actually needs.
I won't argue against the fact that fathers should be more present, but what that meant in our case was that I slept 10 hours a week because I was with the baby all day and then worked all night while tending to the baby whenever she woke up, while the mom did nothing but sleep all day and drive around with her friends and complained that she didn't have enough free time. After that I told her that if I have to be there for the baby all the time, she better get a job. She did not like that idea, but at least allowed me to go to the office again.
Moral of the story is, fathers should do more around the house and take care of children too, but nobody should let their partner guilt trip them into what's essentially a 140+ hour work week. Both parents need sleep and some time off. Partners should have equal workloads.
I feel balanced domestic workloads are honestly the solution in these cases. As often, both partners at least agree on having children, sharing the tasks without shifting too much responsibility on one partner. Discussions about shared labor are valuable because it makes distributing labor in a way which works for each partner's schedule. Making sure neither partner is overwhelmed due to other responsibilities like work, social obligations, and can take care of their wellbeing too. This is honestly the preferred outcome...Rather than have fucking robots do chores and simple errands. ROFL
"For women, for mothers, they spent such a disproportionate amount of their time doing laundry by hand, that when this machine showed up in people's lives, it was a major, major revolution in terms of women's lib and freedom and time," Ohanian said.
Or like you can just be a good parent without a fucking robot
What's next? Parenting without a cell phone? That's crazy!
Why does the financial playing field come to my mind first?
Who?
CO founder of Reddit and husband of Serena Williams. The photographer snapped the headline photo just after a reporter asked her how much parenting he does now
Lactating robot boobas 🤤