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> For my own part, I'd rather have a million former truckers who need retraining and new skillsets than a million dead truckers. I think figuring out how to de
by a3n 8y ago
> For my own part, I'd rather have a million former truckers who need retraining and new skillsets than a million dead truckers.
I think figuring out how to deal with displaced categories of workers is a tougher problem than automated vehicles.
In any discussion like this, when I hear "retraining," I think of some county workforce office teaching you how to use Microsoft Word and Excel, giving you a certificate, giving you access to their jobs database, and forgetting about you.
- alexgmcm 8y agoWell there was the GI Bill that helped veterans retrain after WW2 in proper careers at real universities etc. But that's a lot more expensive (although maybe less expensive in the long run than having a load of unproductive citizens)