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> The 'entertainment sector' was not even a part of the economy 100 years ago. Now it's a big chunk. Computer sector is younger and bigger. What is your point?
by njharman 10y ago
> The 'entertainment sector' was not even a part of the economy 100 years ago. Now it's a big chunk.
Computer sector is younger and bigger. What is your point?
> There are tons and tons of jobs that can't be done by computers.
Not really, less and less all the time. Automation has been a trend since Industrial age. It is now expanding into knowledge work. Translation, copywriting, all sorts of analysis & prediction, navigation/driving (for fun look up how many truck driver jobs that will be automated in 10-20 years). IBM Watson isn't just a research project lark, IBM is developing a product to automate thinking and reasoning. Google all over it too.
> Think of how big sports are. That was all 'unpaid amateur' stuff before.
Do you believe there is more than an insignificant fraction of people employed by "sports"? btw there use to be people compiling stats, doing betting. They have been replaced by machines.
> unskilled labour has been getting more expensive, not less.
unskilled is misnomer, its un-automatable labour. Humans can't compete with machines. And more and more activities are being automated. Even labour such as medical, legal and acting.