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This was one of the more frustrating parts of this past election cycle: "No candidate talked much about automation on the campaign trail. Technology is not as

by jobu 10y ago

This was one of the more frustrating parts of this past election cycle: "No candidate talked much about automation on the campaign trail. Technology is not as convenient a villain as China or Mexico, there is no clear way to stop it, and many of the technology companies are in the United States and benefit the country in many ways." A lot of US jobs have been lost to globalization, but in the long-term that won't compare to the jobs lost to automation. As a software developer this seems painfully obvious to me, and I would hope most politicians are intelligent enough to see it as well. Unfortunately none of them have even talked about it, much less proposed solutions to help displaced workers.

saryant 10y ago
Senator Ben Sasse has spoken about automation frequently. https://twitter.com/SenSasse/status/806889568276336641 https://twitter.com/SenSasse/status/806889568276336641
crdoconnor 10y ago
>Technology is not as convenient a villain as China or Mexico Technology is a MUCH more convenient villain. You can roll back 1% friendly trade agreements with China and Mexico. You can point pitchforks at the 1%. You can't roll back technological advancement and it's pointless to try. You achieve nothing by being against technology except looking like an idiot, which is precisely why articles like this are trying to convince everybody that technology is the "villain". Because god forbid Lloyd Blankfein and his cronies start being seen as villains. >A lot of US jobs have been lost to globalization, but in the long-term that won't compare to the jobs lost to automation. As a software developer this seems painfully obvious to me, Funny. As a software developer it seems painfully obvious to me just how far off we are from this supposed goal. All around me I see developers who shirk at even automating their own tests while getting excited over vaporware.

by jobu 10y ago

saryant 10y ago

Senator Ben Sasse has spoken about automation frequently. https://twitter.com/SenSasse/status/806889568276336641 https://twitter.com/SenSasse/status/806889568276336641

crdoconnor 10y ago

>Technology is not as convenient a villain as China or Mexico Technology is a MUCH more convenient villain. You can roll back 1% friendly trade agreements with China and Mexico. You can point pitchforks at the 1%. You can't roll back technological advancement and it's pointless to try. You achieve nothing by being against technology except looking like an idiot, which is precisely why articles like this are trying to convince everybody that technology is the "villain". Because god forbid Lloyd Blankfein and his cronies start being seen as villains. >A lot of US jobs have been lost to globalization, but in the long-term that won't compare to the jobs lost to automation. As a software developer this seems painfully obvious to me, Funny. As a software developer it seems painfully obvious to me just how far off we are from this supposed goal. All around me I see developers who shirk at even automating their own tests while getting excited over vaporware.