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How long before Amazon replaces all the warehouse workers with machines? 5 years?

• aylmao 9y ago
  If they're going to be replaced by robots soon, isn't that a good reason to not fear spending on them, since they are a short-term cost?
  • IncRnd 9y ago
    Nope. That's exactly why money isn't spent on people. There is no reason for Amazon to invest in them. I'm not a fan of people thinking they will lose their job for taking breaks, but why would Amazon invest money in something that may go away in 5 years? They'll invest in the R&D of the replacement.
    • aylmao 9y ago
      I see what you mean, and I hope you mean it in the "playing devils advocate" kind of way, because implying the most reasonable thing to do is what makes most business sense is what's unfortunately wrong in this country.
      • arez 9y ago
        *world
      • IncRnd 9y ago
        Yes, most definitely I was pointing why Amazon's calculus is to not invest in people. I was not saying that people should be worked like cogs in a machine, where you try to go on the cheap without oil for as long as possible.
  • dingo_bat 9y ago
    Why spend more if you can spend less?
    • toomuchtodo 9y ago
      Because there is value in being a decent human being?
      • IntelMiner 9y ago
        Capitalism values profit. Not people
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