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This isn't eliminating jobs. This is making it so people don't need to do the jobs, but the work gets done anyway. That IS unprecedented, historical examples ar
by FussyZeus 11y ago
This isn't eliminating jobs. This is making it so people don't need to do the jobs, but the work gets done anyway. That IS unprecedented, historical examples are where machines made the work easier or more efficient but still required people. We're talking about a TON of blue collar work that's not only possible to automate, but that the vast majority of people would WANT automated.
- seibelj 11y agoIt used to take many people to plow a field. Then the steel plow was invented, and it only took 1 person. The work got done with only 1 person. Now if a robot can do it, that's only 1 additional job eliminated. It is certainly precedented. It used to take a professional to work an elevator. Then it became so easy that we didn't need an elevator man. The work got done without any person.
- FussyZeus 11y agoExcept even in the busiest cities, elevator men weren't a load bearing column of the economy. Your comparison is failing to account for the sheer scale of the truck driving business and the importance of those salaries not just to the individuals, but to the communities in which they live.
- travem 11y agoThe first example provided addresses that precise point, the changes in agricultural communities have been significant.
- FussyZeus 11y agoExcept there were other jobs opening for them to take. This is historically unique because of how quickly the non or less-skilled labor market is shrinking (and even the skilled labor market, to a certain degree).