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FTA "...we have long known that technology destroys jobs..." Should I even bother to continue reading after that? After all, what we actually know is that tech

• k-mcgrady 10y ago
  Just because it creates jobs doesn't mean it does not also destroy them. There are lots of jobs technology via automation has 'destroyed'. Some new ones were created however to write the software to automate those processes. The important thing is whether it is replacing jobs at the same rate that it is destroying them.
• hk__2 10y ago
  I don’t have data on that but I believe it destroys more jobs than it creates, and this is a good thing. What’s the point of automating our lives if in the end people still have to work?
• ZenoArrow 10y ago
  > "Should I even bother to continue reading after that? After all, what we actually know is that technology creates jobs, like the ones that I and a large number of people I know have had." For an alternative view, I like the horses example in this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
• Nicolas_Colin 10y ago
  I wrote the article so I hope you'll continue reading :-) Technology destroys some jobs and it creates others, but those new jobs are numerous enough only if we put in place the right institutions (sustainable and inclusive). We're not there yet (and I don't see UBI as one of those). This is an older article about job destruction and job creation: https://salon.thefamily.co/another-100-days-a-digital-new-deal-for-workers-dd557e767df3 https://salon.thefamily.co/another-100-days-a-digital-new-de...