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> IMO, the natural progression that combats the impact of robots is to transition from a "buy a new one" society to a "fix the old one" society. The thing is,
by zeveb 10y ago
> IMO, the natural progression that combats the impact of robots is to transition from a "buy a new one" society to a "fix the old one" society.
The thing is, it's probably cheaper to buy a new robot-produced item than to pay a human being to repair the old one (particularly if one can hand the broken old item to a robot recycler).
- PeterisP 10y agoIt doesn't even need robots to get there - right now for many items it's cheaper to have a new item manufactured in China and shipped here than repairing it locally; and there are companies who "do repairs" by having local people simply hand out a replacement and ship the original item back to China for repairs or refurbishment.