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Replacing jobs with robots will benefit the economy and society. This has been shown again and again throughout history. I is _not_ different this thime, you de

by thecopy 10y ago

Replacing jobs with robots will benefit the economy and society. This has been shown again and again throughout history. I is _not_ different this thime, you dear reader are not unique.

holydude 10y ago
People want to work because they want to feel useful. Many people try to farm on their own knowing that it's probably cheaper and faster to buy from your local supermarket. 90% of us are not capable of doing a meaningful research.Are we redundant ? Even programmers are solving a non-existent problems.The society is already getting sick of globalization and corps more powerful than nations. This will either get worse or collapse.
wolfram74 10y ago
We know the statement "More technology always means more better jobs for horses" is both silly in theory and demonstrably not true. Could you provide an argument for why it is true when we replace horses with humans? I'm aware that the economy as a whole will be better off, but if suddenly a quarter, a half or even 90% of the population becomes superfluous, it'll be debatable that society will be better off.
ZeroGravitas 10y ago
I generally agree with this, but would caution you to look into "the resource curse". In this case, countries with large amounts of resources are terrible places for the average inhabitant, because the rulers can get very rich without having to educate or placate them, instead they need a tiny number of people to work the mines/oilfields. And can control them with guns bought with the the wealth they accrue from sales to other countries. Avoiding this scenario, except with robots owned by the rich and lots of useless poor people, would be wise I think.
dagw 10y ago
This has been shown again and again throughout history. Only if you look at things with a long enough time horizon. The Luddites where correct in as much as the quality of their life and the life of their children on the whole didn't benefit, even if the life of their grand children might have been better.

by thecopy 10y ago

Replacing jobs with robots will benefit the economy and society. This has been shown again and again throughout history. I is _not_ different this thime, you dear reader are not unique.

holydude 10y ago

People want to work because they want to feel useful. Many people try to farm on their own knowing that it's probably cheaper and faster to buy from your local supermarket. 90% of us are not capable of doing a meaningful research.Are we redundant ? Even programmers are solving a non-existent problems.The society is already getting sick of globalization and corps more powerful than nations. This will either get worse or collapse.

wolfram74 10y ago

We know the statement "More technology always means more better jobs for horses" is both silly in theory and demonstrably not true. Could you provide an argument for why it is true when we replace horses with humans? I'm aware that the economy as a whole will be better off, but if suddenly a quarter, a half or even 90% of the population becomes superfluous, it'll be debatable that society will be better off.

ZeroGravitas 10y ago

I generally agree with this, but would caution you to look into "the resource curse". In this case, countries with large amounts of resources are terrible places for the average inhabitant, because the rulers can get very rich without having to educate or placate them, instead they need a tiny number of people to work the mines/oilfields. And can control them with guns bought with the the wealth they accrue from sales to other countries. Avoiding this scenario, except with robots owned by the rich and lots of useless poor people, would be wise I think.

dagw 10y ago

This has been shown again and again throughout history. Only if you look at things with a long enough time horizon. The Luddites where correct in as much as the quality of their life and the life of their children on the whole didn't benefit, even if the life of their grand children might have been better.