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> As I mentioned last time, my preference would be to set up an endowment which would support the retraining of workers who are displaced by automation into are
by wolfgke 9y ago
> As I mentioned last time, my preference would be to set up an endowment which would support the retraining of workers who are displaced by automation into areas where there is a skills shortage.
If one can believe the HN crowd there is a shortage of programmers. For this you don't need retraining, you can just teach it yourself on the internet.
- mc32 9y agoI'm thinking union or non union worker in their late forties to early sixties losing their jobs to automation. Maybe some get trained in growth areas that they never thought of or considered seriously for lack of time and money to pursue. Bezos's endowment could fund a restraining and or apprenticeship for these displaced workers. His enterprises and other like it _are_ actively displacing long time workers, if he's feeling philanthropy what better way to help those you helped displace?
- Amygaz 9y agoBeyond retraining, there is dignity. Most workers don't feel like their job means anything, that their effort is not valued properly, or do a job by obligation, not because they like it.
- wolfgke 9y ago> Beyond retraining, there is dignity. Most workers don't feel like their job means anything, that their effort is not valued properly, or do a job by obligation, not because they like it. And what would retraining change on this situation? Why should they like the job that comes afterwards? To state it cynically: Wouldn't brainwashing people to love their job be a much more effective solution to this problem?