They could continue using planet names...
Sednium, Haumaeum, Quaoarium, ...
Of course, a day will come when they will have to rename Uranium to Urectium to stop those jokes once and for all.
Posts by emsr
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Periodic table enjoys elemental engorgement
MIT bods' digital economy babblings are tosh. C'mon guys, Economics 101
Wednesday 16th September 2015 20:49 GMT
Re: @Dawson
Maybe the current state is exaggerated but I think the point still stands: Businesses will use the cheapest labor they can find. Self-driving cars are a bit off but look inside a car *factory* - mostly robots - with some people to push buttons and scratch their nuts. I think between automation, computers the overall amount of labor required by the market is shrinking. Then add 10^9 people to the labor market with nothing to lose and we in the west are having labor pains. In previous centuries this lead to lowering work weeks and/or increased standard of living (goods get cheaper). In the US, at least, we seem to be unable to consider lowering the work week to say 30hrs and hiring more people.
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