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When I got into computers eons ago, I really believed that they would be a force for social good: relieve tedium, improve the lot of most humans, and so on. But
by herodotus 9y ago
When I got into computers eons ago, I really believed that they would be a force for social good: relieve tedium, improve the lot of most humans, and so on. But I really have trouble seeing a huge benefit to the inevitable elimination of many checkout jobs across the world. Sure, lining up takes a bit longer, but there is a social aspect to grocery shopping that is disappearing, and that is not good. I just extrapolate to a world where 3 or 4 companies own everything, and I wonder where that leaves all the other people on the planet.
- Eridrus 9y ago> but there is a social aspect to grocery shopping What are you talking about? I have never in my life had any meaningful social interactions with grocery store employees.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoIf you shop in a neighborhood store, and your neighbors also shop there, you run into people you know at the grocery store. Not employees, but customers.
- herodotus 9y agoI shop at a neighbourhood grocery store, and I regularly chat with the checkout staff. One of them brought her daughter to our house on Halloween. I know many of them by name. Sure its not a deep connection, but it is a friendly "Hi, how are you doing".