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There will be a huge loss of jobs in the next 10 years, not job creation. At some point, self driving cars will exist with no driver, and around the same time,

There will be a huge loss of jobs in the next 10 years, not job creation. At some point, self driving cars will exist with no driver, and around the same time, self driving trucks. Truck driver is still the most common job in many states [0]. When was the last time we saw the most common job on the brink of being wiped out? Even if tech continues to grow and add jobs, will it surpass the loss from the trucking and transportation industry? [0]: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-t... Edit: [1] questions the claim that trucking in the most common job by state. There's still a lot of drivers out there though! [1]: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-truck-driver-isnt-the-most-common-job-in-your-state-2015-02-12 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-truck-driver-isnt-the-mo...

randomdata 10y ago
> When was the last time we saw the most common job on the brink of being wiped out? A couple of hundred years ago. And not just the most common job, but the job that was employing 90% of the labour force at the time. For comparison, transport truck driver accounts for just 1.5% of the labour force in Canada. > Even if tech continues to grow and add jobs, will it surpass the loss from the trucking and transportation industry? Yes. I struggle to believe we've reached the pinnacle of human achievement. Do you think the last time we went through this that people were sitting around thinking that the internet will provide jobs in the future? I'll be amazed if they even grasped that an internet could be possible. The jobs that will need to be done are things we cannot even dream of right now. If we could dream of them, we'd already be doing it.
erikpukinskis 10y ago
> There will be a huge loss of jobs in the next 10 years Not if I have anything to do it! Luckily not everyone is a defeatist. First principles analysis shows there is plenty of valuable work to be done, and not nearly enough people to do it all. Unemployment is a phenomenon fabricated by the ruling class for social control. As long as people are afraid of becoming unemployed, they'll stay in an exploitive job. It's not as if there is some kind of fundamental limit on productivity. We've been trying to finish the work for a thousand years, and yet each year we keep finding more!
erikpukinskis 10y ago
> There will be a huge loss of jobs in the next 10 years Not if I have anything to do it! Luckily not everyone is a defeatist. First principles analysis shows there is plenty of work to be done, and not nearly enough people to do it all. We could probably erase global unemployment by adding mental health care jobs alone.

randomdata 10y ago

> When was the last time we saw the most common job on the brink of being wiped out? A couple of hundred years ago. And not just the most common job, but the job that was employing 90% of the labour force at the time. For comparison, transport truck driver accounts for just 1.5% of the labour force in Canada. > Even if tech continues to grow and add jobs, will it surpass the loss from the trucking and transportation industry? Yes. I struggle to believe we've reached the pinnacle of human achievement. Do you think the last time we went through this that people were sitting around thinking that the internet will provide jobs in the future? I'll be amazed if they even grasped that an internet could be possible. The jobs that will need to be done are things we cannot even dream of right now. If we could dream of them, we'd already be doing it.

erikpukinskis 10y ago

> There will be a huge loss of jobs in the next 10 years Not if I have anything to do it! Luckily not everyone is a defeatist. First principles analysis shows there is plenty of valuable work to be done, and not nearly enough people to do it all. Unemployment is a phenomenon fabricated by the ruling class for social control. As long as people are afraid of becoming unemployed, they'll stay in an exploitive job. It's not as if there is some kind of fundamental limit on productivity. We've been trying to finish the work for a thousand years, and yet each year we keep finding more!

erikpukinskis 10y ago

> There will be a huge loss of jobs in the next 10 years Not if I have anything to do it! Luckily not everyone is a defeatist. First principles analysis shows there is plenty of work to be done, and not nearly enough people to do it all. We could probably erase global unemployment by adding mental health care jobs alone.