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The way out of this is basic income. People don't "need" jobs. People need food, water, shelter, and preferably a decent quality of life. The number of jobs req
by resu_nimda 9y ago
The way out of this is basic income. People don't "need" jobs. People need food, water, shelter, and preferably a decent quality of life. The number of jobs required to satisfy those needs per capita has fallen drastically, as you point out. The reason that many people are struggling is because a small number of them are capturing and hoarding most of those efficiency gains, creating an artificial "shortage" for everyone else.
It's so sad, we will have robots growing our food and building our houses and people will still complain about "jobs" when it's really just about distributing the benefits of automation.
- uhhfcuvv 9y agoYou are assuming basic income will happen. Why would it?
- resu_nimda 9y agoI suggested it as a solution to the so-called problem of robots taking our jobs. I don't think it will happen anytime soon, culturally we are still attached to the idea that a job is a basic requirement of life and "hell no I'm not supporting handouts to lazy people." I do hope over time society will adapt favorably to a post-scarcity economy, but I'm not holding my breath either.