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I refuse to use self checkout. Once upon a time these were entry level jobs for ordinary people, checking or bagging groceries or pumping gas. As a society we s
by davidgould 8y ago
I refuse to use self checkout. Once upon a time these were entry level jobs for ordinary people, checking or bagging groceries or pumping gas. As a society we seem intent on creating a large population of unemployed, hopeless and generally excluded from the economy. This is both cruel and foolish.
- tehlike 8y agoThis is also what keeps the prices of goods low for low wage earners. Automation is good, to the extend they are cost effective. Humans are good at shifting jobs. No need to do something that can be done by a robot
- davidgould 8y agoThe problem is the way the labor market works, if you have no special training or credential, and particularly if you are young or otherwise just starting out, you are stuck with an entry job. Once you have a year or more of work experience things get a little better. What happens when we eliminate all the "first jobs"?
- tehlike 8y agoCatch-22, i presume. Without eliminating first jobs, there wouldn't be more automation maybe. I was reading jobs that became part of history recently, like the movie seat showing guy/gal, or elevator guy/gal. I only saw the format, but thinking latter was interesting. Years from now, a lot of jobs will look "interesting" to next generations. Like the guy that carries construction material around - it'll be robots. It will all be better eventually, but what will happen in the interim. Maybe that's how social nets form.