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Presuming that the replacement jobs all show up (which I'm bearish about), the thing about any kind of new job is that (IMO) they will be disposable. To surviv
by badsock 10y ago
Presuming that the replacement jobs all show up (which I'm bearish about), the thing about any kind of new job is that (IMO) they will be disposable.
To survive we need food, shelter, clothing, and medicine. Food production has been automated, distribution is about to be. Clothes washing was automated, production is about to be. Medical diagnostics is about to be automated, though it will take a while for a nurse's job to be. Shelter is going to be (IMO) automated in the next few decades.
Whatever replacement jobs are going to arrive will be completely disjoint from actual needs. Everyone's going to be pet manicurists, metaphorically.
One huge problem with that that I can see is if there's an economic contraction and everyone tightens their belts at the same time, there's going to be a snowball effect as everyone gets rid of their unnecessary luxuries, which now employs 99% of the workforce. It will hit rock bottom when we realize that the only things that we really need are all now provided by robots and the %1 of people still employed.