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>cheaper labour make people obsolete,not technology. I never thought of it that way. It would be interesting to see the change in average wages for the entire
by alanwatts 11y ago
>cheaper labour make people obsolete,not technology.
I never thought of it that way. It would be interesting to see the change in average wages for the entire globe over the past 50 years considering how many relatively good paying industrial age jobs have been outsourced to serf and slave labor in "3rd world" areas
- hkmurakami 11y agoIt's gone way up. Global standard of living has never been higher.
- alanwatts 11y agoIndeed but I'm curious about the average wage rather than the standard of living. A decreasing average wage and increasing standard of living would indicate the obsolescence of wage labor.