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I have always thought that it was overselling the fact that all truckers are going to be unemployed. The average age of a semi-truck driver is in the low 50s.
by neuromancer2701 10y ago
I have always thought that it was overselling the fact that all truckers are going to be unemployed. The average age of a semi-truck driver is in the low 50s. Most millennials don't want to do this job, so the robots will just replace baby boomers as they retire and not this massive slaughter of unemployment that everyone fears.
- knodi123 10y ago> so the robots will just replace baby boomers as they retire It all depends on timing. If the robots are too early, there will be trucker layoffs. If the robots take too long, then trucker wages will rise until a new generation of truckers decides it's worthwhile- and then when the robots arrive, there will be layoffs. But sure, optimistically, the robots will phase in at the same rate and time as current truckers age out. Knock on wood!
- astazangasta 10y agoI always hate these kind of panic pieces. It's like, don't you know that capital expands at a finite rate? It's not as if you invent a new thing and suddenly everyone has it everywhere for free, we need to actually build things.