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In my line of work, the recent increases in health and safety legislation and resulting costs of compliance with having personnel on site in situations where th
by cconcepts 10y ago
In my line of work, the recent increases in health and safety legislation and resulting costs of compliance with having personnel on site in situations where they might get harmed in any way means that the return for automating processes is HUGE even compared to five years ago.
My prediction is that we will be forced into a situation where we have millions unemployed and needing universal basic income because they were educated to be employed in a system that suddenly lost its ability to accept any risk to people....which coincided with the technological ability to automate their jobs away.
The fact that people get hurt will eliminate their ability to be a viable means of production in many industries.
- abrkn 10y agoI like to think about the locomotive train. It must have been a very difficult time to be in the horse business. Yet here we are.
- siidooloo 10y agoWe got here by creating a social saftey net (even if a very minimal one).
- jfoutz 10y agoI like to think about the smart phone. It must have been a very difficult time to be in the feature phone business. Finland's economy looks to be about a decade behind. I wonder what it'll be like when things change quickly.
- disordinary 10y agoThe problem is every revolution has created jobs, this one looks like it's going to take millions away.
- lxmorj 10y agoAnd where are the horses?
- intended 10y agoThat's actually good enough to spread quickly.
- aaron695 10y agoHere you are. The horse business people got fucked.
- wycx 10y agoThe relevant quote from the CGP Grey video linked above: "Better technology makes more better jobs for horses" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU