https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15060319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15060319 The last time we faced the possibility of "automation" taking our j

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15060319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15060319 The last time we faced the possibility of "automation" taking our jobs, we invented the 40 hour work week to redistribute work and raise quality of life for more working class people. We called it The Industrial Revolution. I think of this as The Second Industrial Revolution. I think we need new ways to cut the burden of work for the average individual without cutting large numbers of people out of work entirely. Designing it that way is not a given. And it is a design choice to say "meh, too bad, so sad that many people will simply be unemployed -- not my problem." It is a terrible design choice, but it is a choice.