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useless classes

useless classes is the plural of useless class.

Meaning of useless class

Noun

useless class (plural useless classes)

  1. A segment of the population that can no longer contribute to society due to artificial intelligence having supplanted the roles they were previously able to fulfill.
    • In the 19th century the Industrial Revolution created a huge urban proletariat, and socialism spread because no other creed managed to answer the unprecedented needs, hopes and fears of this new working class. Liberalism eventually defeated socialism only by adopting the best parts of the socialist...2017 February 24, Yuval Noah Harari, “The rise of the useless class”, in TED, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2022

Questions about useless classes

What is useless classes the plural of?
Useless classes is the plural of useless class.

Words near useless classes in the dictionary

  1. useless
  2. useless as teats on a boar hog
  3. useless as tits on a boar hog
  4. useless as tits on a bull
  5. useless class
  6. useless classes
  7. useless eater
  8. useless eaters
  9. useless lesbian
  10. useless lesbians
  11. uselesser

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