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Yes, of course. The kicker from what I see is that every year the robot technology gets better and better. The truth is that most of these warehouse jobs are ev
by anonymous5133 8y ago
Yes, of course. The kicker from what I see is that every year the robot technology gets better and better. The truth is that most of these warehouse jobs are eventually going to get automated away. So that leaves the question...who will employ these workers? Our system of employee retraining (government education) isn't exactly efficient nor is is cheap.
- dunpeal 8y ago"Retraining" is a reassuring little myth. While it's possible that some manual warehouse workers have the capacity to "retrain" to a more skilled job, the reality is that there are more than enough incentives for them to have done so already: pay, benefits, job security, status, etc. Those who chose minimal-wage, no-benefits work in terrible conditions over much better skilled work have done so because they are either strongly deterred by the nature of skilled work or lack the capacity for it. So the problem isn't "retraining". The problem is that the percentage of humanity that can be replaced by machines of superior intelligence is increasing.