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If this gets huge, how will it create net positive number of jobs?
by coding123 9y ago
If this gets huge, how will it create net positive number of jobs?
- reitanqild 9y agoIdeally I'd guess because people use less money, can make savings, can start companies/other useful activities.
- jimmaswell 9y agoPeople spending less money isn't good for the economy. It's a component of the downward spiral of recessions.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoWe aren't here to serve the economy.
- jimmaswell 9y agoThe point in question was if it would create jobs.
- reitanqild 9y agoPeople spending less money isn't good for the economy. As long as they spend it on something else like I mentioned it should be ok.
- SmallBets 9y agoIt's not always about growth. Making it easier to meet your needs like this project does, replaces the need for that piece of income/job/growth so is still an economic positive in that way. This easier path to consumption means the time/effort needed to own these things previously can be redeployed in a productive way.
- kijin 9y agoIt won't, but who cares? Most of the jobs that go into producing these goods might soon be replaced by AI anyway. Meanwhile, by setting up a physical store where people pay a fee to "borrow" things, instead of helping them borrow directly from one another for free, a job has been created for whoever works at the store. The obsession with job creation only goes to show that a lot of jobs are inefficiencies waiting to be eliminated.