But once artificial intelligence becomes stable and reliable, work will become, for a significant number of people, the art of asking a computer a sensible and challenging question.
It's the sensible, if challenging, kind of question that Dawkins and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss effectively unpack, often together, as they trot the globe spreading their empirically based views in the swift, enlightening documentary "The Unbelievers".
Rather than challenge sensible regulation, responsible banks should embrace such measures as tools designed not only to safeguard consumer confidence, but to protect the solvency of an industry with inherent risks, and to preserve the integrity of our overall financial infrastructure.
Harold Macmillan once remarked that no sensible man directly challenged the National Union of Mineworkers or the Brigade of Guards.
The plan clearly demonstrates that in order to do something sensible about the challenges facing the country you don't have to rip up the tax laws and start again, or crusade for a balanced-budget amendment.
Moreover, although the requirements demand showing some restraint in the pursuit of one's preferences, they prompt more sensible choices in challenging dynamic choice situations than do conceptions of rationality whose dictates do not take plans seriously.
There are circumstances in which Mr Blair's position could become untenable (see article), but nobody sensible thinks a formal challenge is remotely likely.
To address the affordability challenge, a sensible strategy would include changes like zoning that allows homes with units in the back or over the garage.
"Poisoning our public discourse, making it almost impossible to have sensible discussions about real challenges, crowding out tolerance, reason and understanding.
