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That is not true at all. We have an entire service economy that is rife for automation. It hasn't been automated yet because it wasn't cost efficient. It is rap
by jtmcmc 10y ago
That is not true at all. We have an entire service economy that is rife for automation. It hasn't been automated yet because it wasn't cost efficient. It is rapidly becoming so.
- throwaway049 10y agoCar washes in UK recently experienced this effect in reverse: because automated wash machines are capital-intensive they have been partly displaced by very cheap workers, mainly from Eastern Europe, who are allegedly modern day slaves [0] [0] http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/dozen-modern-day-car-wash-slaves-rescued-police/story-29187692-detail/story.html http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/dozen-modern-day-car-wash-sl...